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ATM Modernization

Formation Wins FAA Contract

FAA awarded Formation, Moorestown, N.J., a $5.7 million contract to design, develop, flight-qualify and produce its Data Collector Correlator (DCC) avionics box. Formation will develop the DCC hardware and software, perform integration…

Commercial

TAP Portugal to Use Rockwell Collins Avionics

TAP Portugal will use Rockwell Collins avionics on five Airbus A330s with an option for one additional aircraft. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Lisbon-based TAP Portugual said the key…

Military

Boeing UAV Achieves NATO Compliance

Boeing and its team gained compliance with NATO’s unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) interoperability standard. The standard, also known as Standardization Agreement (STANAG) 4586, establishes specifications for a common ground station system for…

Editor's Note

Rannoch Becomes Era

Rannoch Corp., Alexandria, Va., officially changed its named to Era Corp., reflecting a series of acquisitions made by the company in recent months. In October, the company bought Czech company ERA a.s.,…

Military

Belgium Orders Lockheed’s ATP

Lockheed Martin received a firm fixed-price foreign military sales contract from the Belgium Defense for eight Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods (ATP). Terms of the contract were not released. The contract also includes…

Editor's Note

Gallium Opens New Office

Gallium Visual Systems opened a new sales and engineering office in Huntsville, Ala., a move the company says will be it closer to a key customer base. Gallium, which has offices in…

Editor's Note

Boeing Selects 747-8 Avionics

Boeing selected Rockwell Collins’ suite of displays, autopilot, communication, navigation, surveillance, maintenance, emergency and data management systems for its 747-8 family, which is scheduled to enter service in 2009. Boeing said the…

Commercial

Runway Awareness STC

L2 Consulting Services won a FAA supplemental type certificate (STC) for installation of the Honeywell Runway Awareness and Advisory System (RAAS) on B757 series aircraft. L2 Consulting, Dripping Springs, Texas, said the…