Editor's NotePeople Mike Opheim Satcom Direct, of Satellite Beach, Fla., named Mike Opheim vice president of business aviation sales. Opheim brings with him nearly 30 years of experience in business aviation, with most of…
Embedded AvionicsBAE to Provide Flight Controls for KC-390 Embraer and the Brazilian air force selected BAE Systems to provide flight control electronics for the KC-390. Under the contract, BAE Systems will supply flight control computers and actuator control electronics. “This…
CommercialCurtiss-Wright Acquires Acra Control Curtiss-Wright will pay $61 million to acquire ACRA Control, Ltd., of Dublin, Ireland, a supplier of data acquisition systems and networks, data recorders and telemetry ground stations for both defense and commercial…
Business & GATTTech Selected for BAE Flight Computer TTTech, of Austria, said Tuesday it was selected by BAE Systems to provide commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) products, based on the Time-Triggered Protocol (TTP), for flight computers in Embraer's fly-by-wire system, designed for…
CommercialNNSA Selects IS&S for Cockpit Upgrade The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) placed a $5 million order with Innovative Solutions & Support (IS&S), of Exton, Pa., for the complete systems integration and cockpit avionics upgrade of its B737-400 Classics.…
ATM ModernizationFAA Shutdown Drags Into Sixth Day FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt Construction and technology contractors for airport infrastructure modernization projects have been told to stay home this week as the partial FAA shutdown enters its sixth day. The agency furloughed more…
Business & GAAnderson Air Selects EMS Aspire System Photo courtesy EMS Aviation Vancouver, British Columbia-based Anderson Air has selected the Aspire 200 LG airborne communications system from EMS Aviation for its Cessna Sovereign aircraft. Anderson Air operates the aircraft for a Canadian company.…
CommercialSensor-Equipped Global Hawk Completes Flight Photo courtesy Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman's RQ-4B Block 40 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system (UAS) completed its first full system flight with the AN/ZPY-2 Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion Program (MP-RTIP) sensor. The flight…