MilitaryNorthrop Grumman Wins Prowler Contract Northrop Grumman won a $6.8 million contract from the U.S. Navy to upgrade three additional fleet EA-6B Prowlers with the latest electronic attack system. The contract covers installation of Improved Capability (ICAP)…
CommercialBoeing Wins Military Broadband Contract Boeing said it won a $30 million firm-fixed-price contract to continue providing Boeing Broadband Satcom Network (BBSN) service to the U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command. BBSN, which is the military version…
CommercialAeroflex Takeover Complete An investment group completed the $1.1 billion acquisition of avionics test equipment manufacturer Aeroflex, based in Plainview, N.Y.bAeroflex shareholders in July approved the buyout by Veritas Capital Fund III L.P., Golden Gate…
CommercialCAE Forms Software Company Canadian simulator company CAE said it formed Presagis, a new modeling and simulation software company formed by CAE’s recent acquisitions. CAE said it combined Engenuity Technologies, MultiGen-Paradigm and TERREX and an existing…
CommercialSensis, Honeywell Test Crew Alert System Sensis Corp., Syracuse, N.Y., and Honeywell are partnered on a technology demonstration of a crew alerting system that would protect against runway incursions. The system tested by the two companies would communicate…
MilitaryEmrise Wins Typhoon Add-On Contract Emrise Corp., Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., said its U.K.-based power supply company, Xcel Power Systems Ltd., received an additional $600,000 in orders for power supplies to upgrade avionics of the Eurofighter Typhoon Tranche…
CommercialARINC Unveils Communications Module ARINC, Annapolis, Md., unveiled a wireless data communications module designed to bring portable connectivity to airline passenger cabin operations. The Mobile Communications Gateway (MCG), ARINC said, is specifically designed to support airlines’…
CommercialCAE Buys Flightscape Inc. Canadian simulator company CAE will pay $17 million to acquire Flightscape Inc., an Ottawa-based safety company providing flight data analysis and flight sciences. CAE said Flightscape's product offerings are based on the…