ATM ModernizationEra Wins Norway Contract Era Corp. said Oslo Airport in Norway selected Holland Institute of Traffic Technology (HITT) and Era to expand surface surveillance with Era’s MSS network of multilateration and automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) sensors…
CommercialEFB Docked Goodrich Corp. said Lufthansa Airlines will be the launch customer of its laptop docking station Electronic Flight Bags (EFB) on an Airbus A340 aircraft. The Goodrich laptop docking station EFB is designed…
CommercialColorado Deploys ADS-B Colorado aviation officials launched a campaign to provide radar-like surveillance capabilities to the state’s mountainous airports. Sensis Corp. won the first phase of the $15 million project, which is formally called the…
CommercialAvionica on Continental Avionica said it won orders from Continental Airlines to outfit nine B737-800 passenger aircraft with advanced Iridium satellite systems to provide global, low-cost voice and data communications. Miami-based Avionica said the Continental…
MilitaryL-3 Wins C-27J Contract A team lead by L-3 Communications will build the Joint Cargo Aircraft for the U.S. Army and Air Force, the company said. The L-3 team, which includes Alenia North America (a Finmeccanica…
MilitaryNorthrop Grumman Team Tests AESA Radar Northrop Grumman and its teammates L-3 Communications and Lockheed Martin said they have successfully conducted the first in-flight communications link with an active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar. Synthetic aperture radar map…
ATM ModernizationARINC Wins FAA VERN Pact The FAA awarded a 3-year contract to ARINC, Annapolis, Md., to provide the FAA with the VHF Extended Range Network (VERN), which supports air traffic control communications in the Gulf of Mexico.…
MilitaryLockheed Martin Tests F-35 Targeting System Lockheed Martin said its Electro Optical Targeting System (EOTS) for the F-35 Lightning II successfully completed its inaugural flight test, demonstrating its capability as a multi-functional system for precision air-to-air and air-to-surface…