HAMBURG, Germany, 21 May 2012. Business jet designers at the Bombardier Aerospace Learjet Inc. segment in Wichita, Kan., needed cabin-management and in-flight entertainment (CMS and IFE) systems for the new Learjet 70 and Learjet 75 aircraft. They found their solution from the Lufthansa Technik Innovation Business Unit in Hamburg, Germany.

CHARLOTTE, N.C., 21 May 2012. Curtiss-Wright Controls Inc.’s rugged single-board computers are being used in a U.S. Air Force target recognition system. The processing systems were delivered under contract to an unnamed defense contractor as part of a tactical fighter jet modernization plan.

HOOFDDORP, The Netherlands, 18 May 2012. Euroatlantic Airways based in Sintra, Portugal, is choosing Fokker Services in Hoofddorp, The Netherlands, to install the Apple iPad-based electronic flight bag (EFB), in Euroatlantic's fleet of Boeing passenger jets.

CHELMSFORD, Mass., 18 May 2012. Mercury Computer Systems Inc. (Nasdaq:MRCY), maker of commercially developed application-ready intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) and electronic warfare (EW) subsystems for defense prime contractors, will provide an advanced, solid-state data recorder for the aggregation and storage of sensor data from airborne ISR applications.

OLATHE, Kan., 18 May 2012. Officials at Learjet, a subsidiary of Bombardier, have selected the Garmin G5000 integrated avionics system from Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ:GRMN) and a provider of satellite navigation systems in Olathe, Kan., for the Vision Flight Deck in the new Learjet 70 and Learjet 75 business jets.

GAINESVILLE, Ga., 17 May 2012. Trenton Technology Inc. in Gainesville, Ga., is introducing the BXT7059 dual-processor PICMG 1.3 single-board computer for military, aerospace, industrial automation, and telecommunications applications. The BXT7059 has the Intel Xeon processor E5-2400 family, formerly code named Sandy Bridge-EN, as well as the Intel C604 chipset.

SANTA BARBARA, Calif., 17 May 2012. Rockwell Collins has selected the INTEGRITY-178B tuMP multicore operating system by Green Hills Software, a provider of high assurance operating systems, for use in their mission computer for the RQ-7B Shadow Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV).

PORTLAND, Ore., 16 May 2012. the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has given SRC approval for the installation and operation of the Max-Viz, Inc., a designer of enhanced vision systems, EVS-1500 infrared enhanced vision system on several Eurocopter twin-engine helicopter models.

ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill., 15 May 2012. The NexGen Infrared missile warning system (MWS), a system Northrop Grumman Corp. (NYSE:NOC) designed, built and tested protection system for C-17, EC-130J, HC/MC-130J and other Air Force aircraft, was authorized for full rate production by the U.S. Air Force.

CHELMSFORD, Mass., 12 May 2012. Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRCY), a provider of ISR and EW subsystems based in Chelmsford, Mass, has released StreamDirect, a method for delivering streams of sensor data to specialized coprocessors such as general purpose graphics processing units (GPGPUs).

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., 11 May 2012. GE Intelligent Platforms announced their new rugged single board computer (SBC) based on 3rd Generation Intel Core quad core processor technology.

REDMOND, Wa., 9 May 2012. Aspen Avionics Inc. officials signed a patent licensing agreement whereby the company gains access to Microsoft Corp.’s Extended File Allocation Table (exFAT). exFAT, a modern file system from Microsoft, enables data portability and provides an interchange between desktop PCs and other electronic devices. This latest agreement for Microsoft exFAT is the first of its kind in the avionics and commercial sector.

FALLS CHURCH, Va., 9 May 2012. General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) has executed a definitive agreement to acquire IPW Holdings, Inc., the parent company of 3G and 4G LTE wireless broadband network equipment provider IPWireless, Inc.

ASHBURN, Va., 9 May 2012. Curtiss-Wright Controls Defense Solutions (CWCDS), a business unit of Curtiss-Wright Controls, has announced that the VPX3-685 rugged embedded secure ethernet router has been accepted for Common Criteria certification under the Communications Security Establishment Canada's (CSEC) Common Criteria Evaluation and Certification Scheme (CCS).

CHARLOTTE, N.C., 8 May 2012. Curtiss-Wright Controls Inc. won a defense contract to provide processor subsystems for an airborne program. Curtiss-Wright Controls engineers are integrating the company’s rugged commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) processor boards, customer-supplied software, and a third-party payload into a custom, Curtiss-Wright chassis.

POMPANO BEACH, Fla., 7 May 2012. GE Aviation (NYSE:GE) has expanded into a new facility in Pompano Beach, Fla., which includes a 30 percent increase in square footage and a research and development (R&D) lab for the advanced development of silicon carbide (SiC)-based power conversion products for air, land, and sea-based platforms.

NEUILLY, France. 5 May 2012. Embraer Defence and Security have selected Thales to provide the Inertial Navigation System (INS) and the GPS of the KC-390 military transport aircraft.

TEMPE, Ariz., 29 April 2012. StandardAero Business Aviation in Tempe, Ariz., has finished the first two avionics upgrades on the Dassault Falcon 900EX/DX/LX series aircraft flight deck. The upgrades involve installing the Honeywell EASy II avionics, which provides hardware and software upgrades for improved pilot vision, enhanced navigation, and clear weather information.

CHELMSFORD, Mass., 29 April 2012. Infrared sensors experts at the Raytheon Co. Space and Airborne Systems segment in El Segundo, Calif., needed an advanced sensor processing subsystem for the multi-function image processor in the Raytheon Advanced Distributed Aperture System (ADAS), which provides spherical situational awareness to helicopter crews. They found their solution from Mercury Computer Systems Inc. in Chelmsford, Mass.