Latest Articles by Tish Drake

Business & GA

BAE Systems Sells Unmanned Aircraft Programs Unit

Tucson, Ariz.-based Sensintel has acquired the Unmanned Aircraft Programs business of BAE Systems for an undisclosed amount, the companies said. The company will operate independently as a provider of unmanned aerial systems (UAS), sensors…

Commercial

CMC GPS Landing System Awarded FAA STC

Esterline CMC Electronics’ (CMC) IntegriFlight GPS Landing System has been granted a FAA Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for GPS Localizer Performance with Vertical (LPV) Guidance approach operations on Boeing B737 Classics. Logic-Air…

Business & GA

TacView Display Selected by National Guard

Esterline CMC Electronics has been awarded a contract by Borsigh to supply its TacView Portable Mission Display for the U.S. Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve Command Real Time Information in…

Embedded Avionics

Saudi Arabia Selects LONGBOW FCRs for Apaches

The LONGBOW Limited Liability Company, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman, received a $90.6 million contract to provide Saudi Arabia with LONGBOW Fire Control Radars (FCR) for the AH-64…

Commercial

Rockwell Collins to Establish Flight Simulator JV in China

Rockwell Collins and Beijing Bluesky Aviation Technology, an AVIC subsidiary, signed a Memorandum of Agreement towards establishing a joint venture that will design, manufacture and market commercial aviation flight simulators. The venture…

Business & GA

AEA Reports 1Q GA Avionics Sales of $1.7 Billion

In its first quarterly sales report, the Aircraft Electronics Association (AEA) reported first quarter worldwide general aviation avionics sales of $1.7 billion as reported by 20 participating avionics companies. The dollar amount (using…