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Northrop Grumman to Supply IMUs for Typhoon

Northrop Grumman will supply 88 inertial measurement units (IMU) for Tranche 3A of the Eurofighter Typhoon, under a contract signed with EADS Defense and Security. The IMUs, which provide motion data for the aircraft,…

Commercial

EgyptAir to Use Lufthansa Flight Planning System

EgyptAir selected the Lido/Flight flight planning system from Lufthansa Systems. Lido/Flight calculates the optimal route regarding flight time, fuel consumption or costs for each flight, which can lead to fuel savings of…

Commercial

TTTech Forms Alliance With AIT

TTTech North America, a subsidiary of Austria-based TTTech, formed a long-term strategic alliance with Avionics Interface Technologies (AIT)  to add local support for North American customers. AIT is formerly AIM-USA, the U.S.…

Military

Boeing C-130 AMP HUD OKed by Air Force

Boeing said Thursday its C-130 Avionics Modernization Program (AMP) Head-Up Display (HUD) and Head-Down Primary Flight Display (HDPFD) has been endorsed by the Headquarters U.S. Air Force Directorate of Operations (HQ USAF/A3O)…

Business & GA

Lockheed Martin Wins Army Sensor Contract

The U.S. Army has awarded Lockheed Martin a $260 million follow-on production contract for the Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS), also known as Arrowhead, for the AH-64D Apache…

Business & GA

Honeywell Unveils Moving Map Upgrade

Honeywell introduced JetMap III, a moving map upgrade providing real-time flight data and data services for passengers, the company announced Monday. The system provides worldwide 3D perspective views of terrain, ocean topography, enhanced…

Commercial

Airborne RFID To Be Discussed

The development of standards for onboard application of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags will be discussed during the next Avionics Magazine webinar, "Airborne RFID: Radio Frequency Identification Takes Off,” scheduled Wednesday, Aug.…

Military

EOTS Tested on F-35 CATBird

Lockheed Martin said Monday it successfully conducted the first flight of the F-35 Electro-Optical Targeting System (EOTS) on the Cooperative Avionics Test Bed (CATBird) platform. The company said the EOTS maturation on…