PATUXENT RIVER NAS, Md., 19 May 2013. U.S. Navy avionics radio communications experts needed electronic radios and related equipment for a variety of aircraft. They found their solution from Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

SAN JOSE, Calif., 18 May 2013. RFMW Ltd. is providing design and sales support for Skyworks diode products, well suited to military systems, applications, and environments. 

WASHINGTON, 15 May 2013. NASA officials extended its interim contract with MEI Technologies Inc. of Houston for electrical systems engineering services.

WASHINGTON, 15 May 2013. J.P. Donovan Construction Inc. of Rockledge, Fla., won a NASA contract to modify the mobile launcher designed to enable the agency's Space Launch System (SLS) heavy-lift rocket to send humans to an asteroid, Mars and other new destinations in the solar system.

LIBERTY LAKE, Wash., 11 May 2013. Engineers at Kongsberg Defense and Aerospace (KDA) in Kongsberg, Norway, needed a thermal management solution for its Joint Strike Missile (JSM) design. They found their solution at the Parker Aerospace business segment of Parker Hannifin Corp. (NYSE:PH) in Liberty Lake, Wash.

PHOENIX, 9 May 2013. Avionics systems running the Deos real-time operating system (RTOS) from DDC-I, a supplier of software and services for mission- and safety-critical applications, can now utilize the AMD Radeon E4690 graphics processing unit (GPU) and Core Avionics & Industrial Inc.’s (CoreAVI’s) OpenGL SC display software driver to deliver high-performance embedded OpenGL 2D/3D graphics and streaming video.

FORT WAYNE, Ind., 8 May 2013. ITT Exelis (NYSE:XLS) won a $6.1 million modification to a U.S. Air Force contract to insert a modern data storage and memory technology into the Strategic Automated Command Control System (SACCS), which authenticates orders and pass codes for Air Force nuclear weapons platforms, bombers, and support units. 

IGNY, France, 7 May 2013. HGH Infrared Systems, a global provider of 360-degree thermal imaging systems, has unveiled its Spynel-S high-resolution system for wide-area surveillance. 

PHILADELPHIA, 5 May 2013. U.S. Navy avionics experts are looking to General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems in Bloomington, Minn., for maintenance and upgrades on six flight computers for the Navy's F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, EA-18G Growler, and AV-8B Harrier strike fighter and electronic warfare combat jets.

BOHEMIA, N.Y., 3 May 2013. Data Device Corp. (DDC) in Bohemia, N.Y., is introducing the AceXtreme bridge device to translate avionics messages in real-time between MIL-STD-1553, ARINC 429, and Ethernet in any direction, without a host computer.

LINCOLN, Mass., 2 May 2013. Avidyne Corp. in Lincoln, Mass., has received validation from the national aviation agency of Brazil for the Avidyne DFC90 digital autopilot in Cessna 182-single-engine general-aviation aircraft when interfaced with the Evolution Pro primary flight display (PFD) from Aspen Avionics in Albuquerque, N.M.

CINCINNATI, 30 April 2013. L-3 Cincinnati Electronics (L-3 CE) is launching its new NightWarrior 640 Mid-Wave Infrared (MWIR) imaging system, being described as one of the world’s smallest cooled infrared cameras.

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md., 29 April 2013. The U.S. Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Land and Maritime segment at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., will award a three-year contract to Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to provide spare parts for U.S. Army tactical aircraft navigation avionics systems.

HOOFDDORP, The Netherlands, 28 April 2013. Flight deck avionics experts at Fokker Services in Hoofddorp, The Netherlands, will install electronic flight bag (EFB) capability on the Airbus A320 fleet of charter, aircraft lease operator Avion Express in Vilnius, Lithuania.

WATERLOO, Canada, 23 April 2013. Maplesoft has released its MapleSim 6.1 advanced system-level modeling and simulation platform, updated with improved performance, more programmatic analysis and model development tools, and expanded  connectivity options, for helping engineers meet and exceed system-level requirements.

HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah, 21 April 2013. Air Force nuclear missile avionics technicians needed electronic test and measurement equipment to help maintain and upgrade Air Force nuclear weapons systems, particularly the Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). They found their solution from Geotest-Marvin Test Systems Inc. in Irvine, Calif.

CHATSWORTH, Calif., 18 April 2013. Aitech Defense Systems Inc. in Chatsworth, Calif., is introducing the RTCA-compliant C920 rugged 3U CompactPCI PowerPC-based single-board computer for high-reliability DO-178 and DO-254-based manned aircraft, helicopters, and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

VISTA, Calif., 17 April 2013. Eurocopter is offering SN4500 Primary Navigation Displays and SA4550 Primary Attitude Displays from Sandel Avionics Inc., a provider of compact, integrated display systems technologies in Vista, Calif., as optional equipment on its EC135 helicopters.