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.

BOTHELL, Wash., 10 May 2013. Avionics experts upgrading the U.S. Air Force and Marine Corps V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft needed a booster amplifier to help increase the fixed-wing aircraft's ability to defeat enemy missiles. They found their solution from AR Modular RF in Bothell, Wash.

HOLLYWOOD, Fla., 7 May 2013. Executives of HEICO Corp. in Hollywood, Fla., are boosting their company's expertise in missile defense and commercial aviation with their acquisition of Reinhold Industries Inc. in Santa Fe Springs, Calif.

BALTIMORE, Md., 6 May 2013. LaserMotive, a Kent, Wash., company specializing in delivering electric power via lasers, unveiled the first tethered vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft system powered by laser over optical fiber.

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.

LIBERTY LAKE, Wash., 30 April 2013. The Parker Aerospace business segment of Parker Hannifin Corp. (NYSE:PH) in Liberty Lake, Wash., won a contract to deliver the thermal management system to Kongsberg Defense Systems for its Joint Strike Missile (JSM).  

EVERETT, Wash., 22 April 2013. Boeing officials have deployed teams to locations around the world to begin installing improved battery systems on Boeing 787 Dreamliners following Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approval of the company’s battery system improvements.

WASHINGTON, D.C., 22 April 2013. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) officials have approved Boeing's modified 787 battery system design, which is said to address risks at the battery cell level, battery level, and aircraft level.

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.

CONCORD, Calif., 20 April 2013. ConTech, a division of Calex, introduces its TMF Series of DC/DC converters, designed to deliver up to 40 watts of regulated output power in an industry-standard 2-by-1-inch footprint. 

HONG KONG, 14 April 2013. Jet Aviation Hong Kong has received approval from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in Washington to provide line and base maintenance to Gulfstream G650 business jets.

EVERETT, Wash., 5 April 2013. Boeing (NYSE:BA) officials have completed a 787 certification demonstration flight on a Boeing-owned production airplane built for LOT Polish Airlines, marking the final certification test for the new battery system and completing the testing required by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, 1 April 2013. Aircraft and avionics experts from the U.S. Air Force and the Boeing Co. have performed the first test flight of a completely updated version of the F-15 Eagle jet fighter with 21st century avionics and flight-control systems.

GENEVA, Switzerland, 24 March 2013. Creative Electronic Systems SA (CES) in Geneva, Switzerland, is introducing the RIO6-8096 6U VME64x single-board computer for technology insertion into avionics applications and aerospace embedded systems requiring conduction-cooled equipment.

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.

WILSONVILLE, Ore., 20 March 2013. Mentor Graphics Corp.’s (NASDAQ:MENT) FloTHERM XT software delivers an integrated MDA-EDA electronics cooling simulation solution designed to dramatically shorten the process from conceptual through detailed design.

EVERETT, Wash., 18 March 2013. Boeing (NYSE:BA) engineers and executives are testing and demonstrating the safety of the Dreamliner 787’s modified battery system design in the hope of gaining FAA approval and certification for the commercial airliners to return to service.

PATUXENT RIVER NAS, Md., 17 March 2013. A U.S. Navy engineer has developed a dimmable light-emitting diode (LED) bulb that has the potential to last 100 times longer than conventional lighting in military avionics, other aerospace applications, and in the automotive industry, Navy officials say.

EVERETT, Wash., 16 March 2013. Boeing (NYSE:BA) engineers have devised enhancements to the Dreamliner 787 commercial airliner’s battery system that address characteristics and factors identified by the Boeing technical team as possible causes of battery failure. An independent group of lithium-ion battery experts from a number of industries, universities, and national laboratories verified these findings, according to a company representative.