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Boeing to enable Navy P-8A patrol jet to drop flying torpedoes and attack enemy subs from standoff ranges

Boeing to enable Navy P-8A patrol jet to drop flying torpedoes and attack enemy subs from standoff ranges

WASHINGTON, 7 April 2013. Airborne weapons experts at the Boeing Co. got the go-ahead last week to start building add-on kits for the U.S. Navy Mark 54 lightweight torpedo that will enable the Navy P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol jet to launch these weapons from altitudes as high as 30,000 feet and attack enemy submarines from long ranges.

Financial logjam in aerospace embedded computing industry may break soon as fog of uncertainty and confusion lifts

Financial logjam in aerospace embedded computing industry may break soon as fog of uncertainty and confusion lifts

FOUNTAIN HILLS, Ariz., 22 March 2013. The aerospace embedded computing industry is stuck temporarily in the economic doldrums because of massive uncertainty over the future U.S. defense budget, federal sequestration, and a 22 percent drop in defense spending during the fourth quarter of 2012, but bad times may not last for long, says report released this week.

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John Keller
by Avionics Intelligence Editors

SWAPped: how size, weight, and power are transforming the military electronics industry

Tue May 21 11:46:00 CDT 2013
Posted by John KellerTHE MIL & AERO BLOG, 21 May 2013. It's ironic that one of the few growth areas in the U.S. defense industry these days involves making things smaller, but this is the world we live in. While demand for milit... Read More >>

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Air Comm Corp. acquires Meggitt

BOULDER, Colo., 24 May 2013. Air Comm Corporation (ACC), a designer and manufacturer of environmental control systems (ECS) on military and civil rotorcraft and general aviation (GA) fixed-wing aircraft in Colorado, has completed the acquisition of Meggitt Inc. in Addison, Texas.

Navy recommends DC-DC converters from Pico Electronics for flight-control avionics in P-3 aircraft and H-53 helicopter

Navy recommends DC-DC converters from Pico Electronics for flight-control avionics in P-3 aircraft and H-53 helicopter

KEYPORT, Wash., 24 May 2013. U.S. Navy avionics experts needed 100 spare DC-DC converter power supplies for the aircraft flight control systems of the Lockheed Martin P-3 Orion long-range maritime patrol aircraft and the Sikorsky H-53 heavy-lift helicopter. They are recommending a solution from Pico Electronics Inc. in Pelham, N.Y.

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VistaJet protects new fleet of Bombardier aircraft with JSSI

GENEVA, Switzerland, 23 May 2013. VistaJet International and Jet Support Services Inc. (JSSI) have agreed to a record-setting enrollment of 50 Bombardier Global 5000 and Global 6000 aircraft onto JSSI's Platinum Engine and APU hourly cost maintenance programs. The long-term agreement is valued at over $205 million based on JSSI 2013 list prices. The aircraft are part of VistaJet's largest order in aviation history placed in November 2012.

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Aeromexico adds Embraer 175 planes to fleet

MEXICO CITY, 23 May 2013. Aeromexico, Mexico's global airline, becomes the first national airline in the country to operate the Embraer 175, with its addition of three of the modern planes to its aircraft fleet.

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Northrop Grumman-built Navy Triton unmanned aircraft achieves historic first flight, begins testing

PALMDALE, Calif., 22 May 2013. The MQ-4C Triton unmanned intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft platform, operated by Northrop Grumman and U.S. Navy personnel on the ground in Palmdale, Calif., achieved its first flight.


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VPT introduces series of radiation-hardened DC-DC power conversion products for space power systems

LONG BEACH, Calif., 21 May 2013. VPT Inc., a HEICO company (NYSE:HEI.A, HEI), introduces a new series of radiation-hardened DC-DC power converters, point of load converters, and EMI filters to power space systems.

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RFMW supports Skyworks varactor diodes, replacement for Renesas end-of-life component

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. 

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