MilitaryBAE Sells Inertial Products Unit BAE Systems said Wednesday is completed the $140 million sale of its Inertial Products business, which supplies military and commercial customers with inertial sensors and measurement units for the control, navigation and…
MilitaryEDO Wins Radar Test Award EDO Corp., New York, received a $44 million contract from the U.S. Air Force for AN/PLM-4 radar-signal simulators used to test the electronic defenses of military aircraft. EDO said the contract enables…
CommercialColombian Airline Selects Rockwell Collins Colombian airline Avianca Airlines will equip 38 new aircraft with an expanded suite of Rockwell Collins avionics, including the WXR-2100 MultiScan Hazard Detection System weather radar. Delivery is scheduled for early next…
MilitaryRaytheon Wins Airborne Sonar Work Raytheon’s Integrated Defense Systems division won a $15.4 million contract from the U.S. Navy for the procurement of three Airborne Low Frequency Sonar (ALFS) systems for Sikorsky's MH-60R helicopter, an ALFS Sonar…
MilitaryBAE Tests Networking System BAE Systems completed a successful demonstration of its Flexible Access Secure Transfer (FAST) networking waveform, a wireless networking protocol developed for airborne tactical networking. The demonstration included Internet Protocol (IP) connectivity, Voice…
MilitaryHarris Corp. Wins Raptor Cable Contract Harris Corp., Melbourne, Fla., received a five-year, $30 million follow-on contract from Lockheed Martin to supply high-speed, fiber-optic network components for the U.S. Air Force F-22A Raptor aircraft program. The award brings…
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CommercialVirgin Atlantic to Use Boeing System Virgin Atlantic Airways will use Boeing’s Airplane Health Management System to monitor the in-flight condition of its 747-400 fleet. The Boeing system provides in-flight access to aircraft condition and fuel-burn information, enabling…