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Military

F-35C Hits Milestone

The U.S. Navy's F-35C Lightning II carrier variant completed its Air System Critical Design Review (CDR). The review was conducted in June at lead contractor Lockheed Martin’s Forth Worth, Texas, facility, and…

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Kazak Airport to Install Thales Navigation Aids

Thales won a contract from Kazakhstan’s Air Navigation Service Provider, RSE Kazaeronavigatsia, to provide its STREAMS Advanced-Surface Movement Guidance and Control System (A-SMGCS) and navigation aids for Almaty Airport. Financial terms of…

Commercial

Team to Study Laser Positioning System

The U.S. Air Force and FAA led a team that included Northrop Grumman and its partners, Taboada Research Instruments and Cherokee CRC, to design, build and integrate a laser positioning system in…

Commercial

TTTech Wins AS9100 Certification

TTTech achieved AS9100 certification for the development of safety-critical applications in the aerospace industry, the company said. AS9100, the internationally recognized quality management system standard defined specifically by and for the aerospace…

Commercial

Aer Lingus Renews Pact with ARINC

ARINC said it won a three-year contract renewal with Irish airline Aer Lingus to provide the airline with ARINC's GLOBALink VHF aircraft communications addressing and reporting systems (ACARS) data link serive and…

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People

Steve Schneps BAE Systems named Steve Schneps vice president of operations for its Electronics & Integrated Solutions operating group. Schneps previously served as director of operations for several of the unit’s major…

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Calendar

August 6-9 Unmanned Systems North America 2007, Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C. Contact Association for Unmanned Vehicles Systems International, phone 703-845-9671 or visit www.auvsi.org. 9-11 Latin American Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition,…

Commercial

Counter MANPADS: Live-fire finale?

After four years of test and development, the two systems competing to protect commercial aircraft from man-portable air defense systems (MANPADS) will get a chance to prove themselves against live fire this…