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…
CommercialRockwell Buys ISR Engineering Company Rockwell Collins said it paid $38 million in cash for Information Technology and Applications Corp. (ITAC), a privately held engineering and products company that provides intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance (ISR) and communications services.…
MilitaryNorthrop Grumman Wins IT Training Pact Northrop Grumman won a contract valued up to $100 million from FlightSafety Services Corp., Centennial, Colo., to provide information technology and training services for the Joint Primary Aircraft Training System Ground Based…
CommercialVirgin America Begins Revenue Operations Start-up airline Virgin America was to conduct inaugural flights today from New York Kennedy and Los Angeles International airports to its home base at San Francisco International Airport. Virgin America’s Airbus A320s…
MilitaryRaytheon Wins Super Hornet Radar Pact Raytheon won a $24.4 million contract with the U.S. Navy to equip Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) F/A-18F Super Hornets with the ALR-67(V)3 digital radar warning receiver. The contract, which Raytheon said…