Military

Belgium Orders Lockheed’s ATP

Lockheed Martin received a firm fixed-price foreign military sales contract from the Belgium Defense for eight Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods (ATP). Terms of the contract were not released. The contract also includes…

Editor's Note

Gallium Opens New Office

Gallium Visual Systems opened a new sales and engineering office in Huntsville, Ala., a move the company says will be it closer to a key customer base. Gallium, which has offices in…

Commercial

TAP Portugal to Use Rockwell Collins Avionics

TAP Portugal will use Rockwell Collins avionics on five Airbus A330s with an option for one additional aircraft. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Lisbon-based TAP Portugual said the key…

Editor's Note

Boeing Selects 747-8 Avionics

Boeing selected Rockwell Collins’ suite of displays, autopilot, communication, navigation, surveillance, maintenance, emergency and data management systems for its 747-8 family, which is scheduled to enter service in 2009. Boeing said the…

Commercial

Runway Awareness STC

L2 Consulting Services won a FAA supplemental type certificate (STC) for installation of the Honeywell Runway Awareness and Advisory System (RAAS) on B757 series aircraft. L2 Consulting, Dripping Springs, Texas, said the…

Military

Northrop Grumman Wins VTUAV Deal

Northrop Grumman won a $16 million deal to provide two additional MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical takeoff and landing Tactical Unmanned Air Vehicles (VTUAV) for the U.S. Navy. Including this award, the Navy…

ATM Modernization

FAA’s Chew Resigns

Russell G. Chew, chief operating officer of the FAA, resigned Monday, leaving the agency without its top air traffic control official. FAA spokesperson Tammy Jones confirmed Chew is leaving at the end…

Business & GA

Eclipse, Aspen Settle Lawsuit

Eclipse Aviation Corp. will receive a 1-percent common stock interest in Aspen Avionics, under a legal settlement reached between the companies this month. Last year, co-founders of Aspen Avionics, Albuquerque, N.M., were…