CommercialHoneywell Names Aerospace Chief in India Honeywell on Tuesday announced the appointment of Pritam Bhavnani as president of Honeywell Aerospace in India. The move reenforces the company's committment the region, Honeywell said. Pritam, who most recently was vice…
ATM ModernizationADS-B Operational in Alaska Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) is now operational in Alaska, FAA said Thursday. “NextGen technology is already helping make aviation safer and more efficient,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. “This innovation is transforming air…
ATM ModernizationG150 Gets FAA Approval for WAAS Gulfstream received FAA approval to provide Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) functionality on its G150s. The optional WAAS-capable receiver can be installed on new G150s during final-phase manufacturing or as a retrofit…
Business & GASikorsky Selects Universal's Data Recorder Sikorsky selected a Cockpit Voice/Flight Data Recorder (CVFDR) from Universal Avionics Systems as a forward-fit option for its S-76C++ and standard on S-76D commercial helicopters, the companies announced Thursday. Universal Avionics’ CVFDR-145R…
ConnectivityBoeing C-130 AMP Enters LRIP Boeing received the go-ahead to begin low-rate initial production (LRIP) of its C-130 Avionics Modernization Program (AMP), the company said June 24. The company announced completion of a Defense Acquisition Board Milestone…
Embedded AvionicsBoeing to Upgrade KC-10 Cockpits Boeing received a $216 million, five-year contract from the U.S. Air Force to upgrade its 59-jet KC-10 tanker fleet with a new communication, navigation, surveillance and air traffic management (CNS/ATM) system, the…
ConnectivityNorthrop Grumman Tests F-35 AESA Radar Northrop Grumman said Tuesday its APG-81 active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar met and exceeded its performance objectives successfully tracking long-range targets as part of the first mission systems test flights of…
Embedded AvionicsCurtiss-Wright Acquires U.K. Company Curtiss-Wright Corp., of Charlotte, N.C., will spend $22 million to acquire Specialist Electronics Services, Ltd., of Camberley, U.K., the company announced Tuesday. With estimated 2010 sales of about $9 million, SES designs and…