Embedded Avionics Northrop Grumman Provides Military Navigation Systems The U.S. Air Force issued a purchase and sustainment contract to Northrop Grumman potentially worth $200 million for its suite of Embedded Global Positioning/Internal Navigation Systems (EGI). Under the contract, Northrop…
Commercial Aspen Brings Glass Avionics to Robinson Robinson Helicopter has unveiled a new line of glass instrument panels and avionics for its R22, R44 and R66 helicopters. The new line includes Garmin’s GTN 600/700 touch-screen navigators, as well…
Commercial Aegean Airlines Upgrades With Lufthansa Aegean Airlines, the largest airline in Greece, is upgrading its fleet wide flight procedures with a Lufthansa Systems package, including a five-year contract for the Lido/Flight flight planning solution, as well as…
ATM Modernization NATS’ ‘Pioneering Deal’ Redoes Radar Sites NATS, the U.K.'s Air Traffic Control (ATC) firm, has signed a "pioneering deal" with two wind turbine developers, SSE and Vattenfall, that has secured enough funding to modify two Raytheon manufactured radar…
Business & GA The Future of Helicopter Cockpit Avionics [Avionics Today February 12, 2014] Helicopters are no longer lagging behind Air Transport (AT) aircraft and business jets in terms of featuring the most advanced avionics systems, as attendees of the upcoming…
Commercial Rockwell Collins Gets New VP, 4 Contracts at Singapore Airshow [Avionics Today February 12, 2014] Rockwell Collins has had a busy week so far in Singapore, announcing a new vice president for its Asia Pacific division along with several commercial and military…
Commercial Insitu Scan Eagle Aces Sense and Avoid Test [Avionics Today February 12, 2014] Researchers at Australia's Queensland University of Technology (QUT) during a recent flight test were able to successfully use a Scan Eagle Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) to sense…
Business & GA REVA Chooses Duncan for MRO North American air medical transport operator REVA has selected Duncan Aviation for a three-year Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) services contract for its fleet of fixed wing air ambulance aircraft. Under…