Northrop Grumman to Help Update Air Force GPS Tech; Bob Mehltretter Comments
Northrop Grumman has received a $4.8 million contract to update the U.S. Air Force’s global positioning system and inertial navigation system intended to help transmit military signals. The company...
View ArticleFAA Extends Cyber Support Contract With CSRA Subsidiary, Plans to Solicit New...
The Federal Aviation Administration has extended its contract with SRA International, a subsidiary of technology services contractor CSRA, to continue to provide support services for the FAA’s security...
View ArticleHoneywell’s Hardware Gets FAA Approval for Boeing 757 In-Flight Internet on...
Honeywell’s aerospace business has obtained approval from the Federal Aviation Administration for its JetWave hardware for use onboard Boeing 757 aircraft. JetWave is a wireless system that works to...
View ArticleNorthrop Kicks Off Search for 3 X-47B UAV Pilots
Northrop Grumman has begun its search for three pilots to operate the Northrop-built X-47B unmanned aerial vehicle. Northrop said in a job notice the selected candidates will work to determine the...
View ArticleCACI, FAA, DHS Evaluate Drone Detection Technology at Commercial Airports
CACI International, the Federal Aviation Administration and the Department of Homeland Security have conducted research on technologies that work to detect unmanned aircraft systems in commercial...
View ArticleEd Sayadian: NextGen Aviation Improvement Programs Need Long-Term Investments
Ed Sayadian, president of mission networks at Harris Corp., has said Congress should continue to advance long-term investments in the Federal Aviation Administration’s NextGen programs and other...
View ArticleFAA Plans Cybersecurity Methodology Support Contract Award to Mischel Kwon &...
The Federal Aviation Administration plans to award security consulting firm Mischel Kwon & Associates a single-source contract to continue to provide cybersecurity methodology support services for...
View ArticleCobham Teams Up With 4 Firms to Seek Shenzhen Airlines Boeing 737-800...
Cobham’s satellite communications business has teamed up with four companies to draft the Federal Aviation Administration supplemental type certificate to facilitate the use of the Aviator 300...
View ArticleHarris Lands VoIP Comms System Supply Contract With UK’s NATS; Ed Sayadian...
Harris Corp. has secured a contract to provide U.K.-based air navigation services provider NATS a cloud-based voice over Internet protocol communications platform to support air traffic management...
View ArticleMatt Desch: FAA Should Make Aircraft Surveillance System Decision By Year’s End
Iridium Communications, CEO Matt Desch has called on the Federal Aviation Administration to transition to a new aircraft surveillance system by the end of this calendar year in an interview with...
View ArticleCSSI to Maintain FAA Database, Application Tools; Cynthia Castillo Comments
CSSI has received a five-year, $15.8 million task order to help develop and maintain databases and application management tools for the Federal Aviation Administration. The company will work to update...
View ArticlePraxis Aerospace, Griffiss Airport Partner to Support NASA’s UAV Integration...
Praxis Aerospace Concepts International has partnered with Griffiss International Airport in Oneida County, New York in an effort to help NASA explore methods for the safe integration of unmanned...
View ArticleNASA Picks Tempus Applied Solutions to Help Modify Gulfstream IV Jet for...
Tempus Applied Solutions has been awarded a contract from NASA to help modify a Gulfstream Aerospace-built business aircraft that the agency plans to use to conduct aerial surveys of coral reef...
View ArticleVersar to Continue System Design & Implementation Support for FAA Under...
Versar has landed a $47.8 million contract modification from the Federal Aviation Administration to provide continued physical security design and implementation support under the Security System...
View ArticleDrone Aviation Demos Tethered UAS in Nighttime Flight Test; Jay Nussbaum...
Drone Aviation has concluded a nighttime flight test of its commercial tethered unmanned aircraft system under approval by the Federal Aviation Administration. The company collaborated with The...
View ArticleQualcomm Achieves FAA Authorization to Conduct UAS Test Flights
Qualcomm has been authorized by the Federal Aviation Administration to conduct unmanned aerial systems test flights at the company’s San Diego facility. The telecommunications conglomerate said April 7...
View ArticleNASA to Put General Atomics Ikhana’s Detect-Avoid Tools to 4th Round of...
NASA plans to demonstrate detect-and-avoid platforms onboard a General Atomics-built Ikhana unmanned aerial system by end of April in support of the Federal Aviation Administration’s efforts to develop...
View ArticleLockheed Begins Wing Production of LM-100J Freighter Aircraft; George Shultz...
Lockheed Martin has begun wing production for the LM-100J commercial freighter aircraft — the civil-certified variant of the C-130J Super Hercules — at the company’s facility in Marietta, Georgia....
View ArticleCoherent Technical Services Gets Navy Contract Modification for Navigation...
Lexington Park, Maryland-based engineering consultancy firm Coherent Technical Services Inc. has secured a $20.5 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to provide navigation technology...
View ArticleMIL Corp Eyes IT Sector Opportunities Through Salesforce Alliance
MIL Corp. has teamed up with customer relationship management services firm Salesforce in an effort to continue the former company’s push to expand its information technology business. MIL’s...
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