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Thales Awarded Croatian ATM Contracts

Thales said Friday it has signed two contracts to supply and install primary and secondary radar systems at airports in Croatia. Under terms of the contracts, which were signed in May and…

Commercial

Insitu Integrator Wins STUAS Contract

Boeing subsidiary Insitu, of Bingen, Wash., was awarded the Small Tactical Unmanned Air System (STUAS)/Tier II contract from the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) for its Integrator unmanned aircraft system (UAS). In partnership…

Commercial

Kansas State Awarded UAV Research Grant

Kansas State University received a $2.76 million grant from the U.S. Air Force to develop mission planning, operations and a disaster training center for its unmanned aerial systems program on its Salina, Kan.,…

Commercial

Honeywell to Support ANA's Dreamliners

Honeywell signed a 10-year integrated service agreement for support of ANA’s 50 Boeing 787s, to be delivered later this year or early 2011. Honeywell will provide access to spares, logistics and repair…

Commercial

Malaysia Airlines Selects Thales Satcom

Malaysia Airlines selected the Thales TopFlight SATCOM (TFS) for its new order of Boeing B737s. The TopFlight SATCOM ARINC 781 standard supports Inmarsat aero-services for flight deck voice and data connectivity. In…

Commercial

Northrop Grumman Wins HART Contract

Northrop Grumman was awarded a $46.3 million, 4-year contract to develop, test and demonstrate a net-centric architecture system that enhances warfighters' awareness of the surrounding battlefield environment. The system, Heterogeneous Airborne Reconnaissance…

Commercial

Air France Selects CMC Satcom System

Air France selected Esterline CMC Electronics' multi-channel SwiftBroadband compliant Satellite Communications (Satcom) high gain antenna system for its uture B777-300s. The CMA-2102SB antenna supports Inmarsat Safety Services, Aero-H+, Swift64 and SwiftBroadband satellite…

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Cobham HGA Certified on Airbus Family

The Cobham HGA-7001 High Gain Antenna system has been certified on the Airbus Long Range family of aircraft, the company said. “With the Long Range program certified, we can now finalise adding…