MilitaryBoeing Awarded Air Force Contract Boeing was awarded a contract not to exceed $42 million from the U.S. Air Force to provide the Radar System Improvement Program capability to be installed on five Royal Saudi Air Force…
CommercialHoneywell Delivers Radar to Lion Air Indonesia’s Lion Air took delivery of the first Boeing 737NG with Honeywell’s 3-D weather radar system, Honeywell said Wednesday. Honeywell’s RDR-4000 system was recently certified on the 737NG and the Lion Air…
MilitaryRockwell Collins Wins Navy Contract Rockwell Collins was awarded a $12 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy for the production of AN/ARC-210(V) Electronic Protection Radio Systems for the government of Australia's MRH-90 helicopter. This modification provides…
Business & GADAC EFB Approved for Bombardier Jets DAC International, Austin, Texas, said its Gen-X Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) was approved by FAA for Class 3 installation in a series of Bombardier Regional Jets. The EFB package also includes DAC's…
MilitaryTeams Tests Camera on ScanEagle UAV Boeing, Goodrich Corp., and Insitu flight-tested a ScanEagle unmanned aircraft equipped for the first time with a short-wave infrared (SWIR) camera. The camera, built by Goodrich's Sensors Unlimited unit, enables ScanEagle operators…
Business & GAUniversal to Supply Avionics for Hawker Universal Avionics Systems Corp., Tucson, Ariz., will supply its digital flat panel glass displays and flight management systems for a fleet of Hawker 125-700B series aircraft. The package includes Universal’s SBAS-capable UNS-1Fw…
CommercialDelta Selects Aircell's Web System Delta Air Lines announced plans to install Aircell’s Wi-Fi broadband network on its fleet of 330 aircraft. The Aircell system, named Gogo, will allow passengers with Wi-Fi devices, such as iPhones and…
ATM ModernizationRTCA’s Watrous Retiring Longtime RTCA president, David Watrous, is stepping down at the end of August, according to a memo obtained by Avionics Magazine. Watrous, a former career officer in the U.S. Air Force and…