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Business & GA

Sanmina-SCI to Make TrueNorth Equipment

Sanmina-SCI Corp., based in San Jose, Calif., will manufacture TrueNorth Avionics' Simphone in-cabin telecommunications equipment for business aircraft at its Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, facility, the companies announced Thursday. "We are very impressed with…

Commercial

Fire Scout Transmits Sensor Data to MH-60

A Northrop Grumman-built Fire Scout unmanned helicopter transmitted sensor data to a cockpit display of a Navy MH-60 helicopter during an exercise earlier this year, the company said Tuesday. Northrop Grumman said the demonstration,…

ATM Modernization

Babbitt Resigns

Michael Huerta FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt resigned on Tuesday, following a weekend arrest in Fairfax, Va., for driving under the influence of alcohol. According to a statement posted to the FAA Website on Tuesday, Babbitt, who…

Business & GA

Lockheed Martin Awarded TSS Contracts

Lockheed Martin received two contracts totaling $30.6 million from the Naval Surface Warfare Center for the Target Sight System (TSS), the fire control system for the U.S. Marine Corps’ AH-1Z Cobra attack…

Embedded Avionics

Elbit Systems Awarded HUD Contract

Elbit Systems of America, was awarded a five-year, $38.5 million Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Defense Logistics Agency-Ogden for Reliability and Maintainability (R&M) Electronic Module Assemblies (EMA) for all U.S.…

ATM Modernization

Cobham EFIS Awarded STC for LPV Approaches

Cobham’s Electronic Flight Instrument System (EFIS) received FAA Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) amendments for hundreds of aircraft to provide Localizer Precision with Vertical Navigation (LPV) approach capability. Hardware and software required for…

Commercial

Sagem Patroller UAS Completes Flight Tests

Sagem on Thursday said its Patroller long-endurance surveillance unmanned aircraft system (UAS) completed a series of flight tests in France. The tests, which took place at the Istres air force base in…

Commercial

Virgin Atlantic Selects Cobham Antenna

Cobham’s HGA-7001 SATCOM high gain antenna subsystem has been selected by Virgin Atlantic for the airline’s Boeing 747 cabin upgrade program to commence in 2012, the companies said this week. Virgin Atlantic…