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Business & GA

Lockheed Martin Wins Logistics Contract

The U.S. Army awarded Lockheed Martin a performance based logistics (PBL) contract, with a potential value of $380 million over four years, to support the Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor…

Military

Pakistan Acquires Advanced Targeting Pods

The United States government awarded a contract to Lockheed Martin for 18 Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods (ATP), a part of the new F-16 Advanced Block 52 program with Pakistan. Sniper incorporates a…

Military

Helicopter Detection System Tested

BAE Systems completed flight testing of a prototype lightweight, all-weather cable and obstacle detection system, which uses radar to identify cables and other obstacles and provides precise altimeter information to military helicopter…

Commercial

Indra Markets Northrop Grumman ATC Radar

Spanish defense and information technology company Indra signed a licensing agreement with Northrop Grumman, obtaining rights to manufacture and market Northrop Grumman's ASR-12 air traffic control radar system outside the United States.…

Commercial

ANA to Use Boeing EFBs on 777-300ERs

Japan’s All Nippon Airways (ANA) will install Boeing's Class 3 Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) in three new 777-300ERs to be delivered beginning this year. Financial terms were not disclosed. Boeing said the…

Business & GA

OuterLink Announces Management Buyout

OuterLink Corp., a provider of asset tracking products for aviation and ground vehicle markets, said it reached a definitive agreement with its parent, Digital Angel Corp., to become an independent and privately…

Business & GA

VMETRO Signs Distribution Deal

VMETRO, of Oslo, Norway, signed a multi-year original equipment manufacturing (OEM) and distribution agreement with Canada-based AdvancedIO. Under the terms of the agreement, AdvancedIO’s technology will become the basis for 10GbE (10-Gigabit…

Commercial

Southwest Airlines to Equip Fleet with RNP Capability

Southwest Airlines is equipping its entire fleet for Required Navigation Performance (RNP). The Dallas-based carrier said it will retrofit its current fleet of 490 Boeing 737s and specify RNP-capable equipment for future…