LONGMONT, Colo., 3 March 2011. Conduant Corp. in Longmont, Colo., is introducing the Big River LTX3 portable recorder powered by Amazon Express for mobile, portable, or space-constrained applications. The data recorder supplies as much as 800 megabytes per second of sustained PCI Express recording and playback.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., 2 March 2011. GE Intelligent Platforms in Charlottesville, Va., is introducing the SPR870A 3U VPX wideband digital receiver and exciter module for wideband signal-acquisition and -conversion applications such as radar electronic counter measures (ECM), pulse intercept and analysis electronic intelligence, and RF test and measurement.

SUNDSVALL, Sweden 26 Feb. 2011. TUIfly Nordic selected navAero's t-BagC2² electronic flight bag (EFB)system on the airline's Boeing 737-800 and 767-300 aircraft. The navAero EFB architecture includes cross-connected dual t-BagC2² EFB systems with the commercialized t-Pad 2000 display. The systems will also include the navAero-designed, UMTS/HSDPA/3G cellular communications modem module to enable on-ground data transfer.

SAN JOSE, Calif., 24 Feb. 2011. Software companies DDC-I Inc. in Phoenix and Quantum3D in San Jose, Calif., are working together to provide a safety-critical, real-time display solution for next-generation electronic flight bag (EFB) cockpit display applications.

MIDDLETON, Wis., 20 Feb. 2011. Extreme Engineering Solutions Inc. (X-ES) in Middleton, Wis., is introducing the XPort6103 solid-state disk XMC memory board for rugged, deployed, military applications with secure storage requirements. The conduction- or air-cooled device provides as much as 512 gigabytes of data storage capacity with data encryption, and has the ability to meet MIL-STD-810F in demanding environments that include harsh temperatures and rigorous shock and vibration conditions.

WIXOM, Mich., 10 Feb. 2011. Acromag in Wixom, Mich., is introducing a series of Express Mezzanine Card (XMC) embedded computing modules based on the Xilinx Spartan-6 field-programmable gate array (FPGA) for budget- and time-constrained DSP, logic, and algorithm embedded computing applications.

Good news is on the way for early adopters of synthetic vision system (SVS) cockpit technology in search of operational credit. This GPS-based, computer-generated picture of terrain and obstacles from the pilot's viewpoint enhances situational awareness, increases performance, and decreases workload in the cockpit, but currently offers no operational credit. Business jet operators are adopting the technology, but penny-pinching airlines are unlikely to demand it until synthetic vision achieves this milestone.

LEIDEN, Germany, 8 Feb. 2011. Cassidian engineers tested the MIDS (Multifunctional Information Distribution System) in flight operations on the German air force fleet of Tornado combat aircraft. MIDS is part of the standard ASSTA 3 -- Avionics Software System Tornado Ada upgrade program.

CAMARILLO, Calif., 8 Feb. 2011. Nallatech in Camarillo, Calif., is introducing the AMC-420 mid- and full-size Advanced Mezzanine Card (AMC) based on the Xilinx Virtex-6 field-programmable gate array (FPGA) for military, imaging, telecommunications, and networking applications.

EVERETT, Wash., 6 Feb. 2011. Ballard Technology Inc. in Everett, Wash., is introducing the USB 708 line of portable avionics interfaces that enable computers to communicate with ARINC 708 and similar weather radar display databuses. These versatile USB interfaces allow engineers and technicians to test weather radar control-display units (CDUs) and transmit-receive (T-R) units using a PC. The units also are for monitoring, recording, and playing back data, as well as simulating weather radar systems. The USB 708 incorporates plug and play and hot swap.

MINERAL WELLS, Texas, 2 Feb. 2011. The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) selected Cobham to supply synthetic vision electronic flight instrument systems (EFIS) for its fleet of Eurocopter and Bell helicopters.

WIRRAL, England, 31 Jan. 2011. LDRA now supports assembly-level code for MIPS processors. Targeting high reliability applications in aviation, satellite, medical, and aerospace, the LDRA tool suite provides assembler support for Green Hills and GNU variants of MIPS assembly along with C-style macro syntax. As a result legacy applications can be certified to DO-178B and FDA certification.

MONTREAL, 27 Jan. 2011. Esterline CMC Electronics signed a memorandum of agreement with Star Navigation Systems Group Ltd. to establish an integrated aircraft data monitoring and reporting system based on CMC's PilotView electronic flight bag (EFB) system and Star's STAR-ISMS In-Flight Safety Monitoring System software, coupled with applications and aircraft integration services. CMC will promote the solution to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and select users within the air transport and business jet markets as part of its cockpit system offerings.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., 27 Jan 2011. GE Intelligent Platforms in Charlottesville, Va., is introducing the SBC324 3U OpenVPX rugged single board computer based on 2nd Generation Intel Core processor technology for size-, weight- and power-constrained applications in harsh environments such as unmanned vehicles; command and control; intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance (ISR); radar; sonar; and signal processing.

MONTREAL, 24 Jan. 2011. AFDX supplier, Embvue Inc., signed a technology licensing agreement with EADS and Airbus. The agreement grants Embvue a license to exploit Airbus patents, which together describe the underlying principles upon which certifiable AFDX switch and end system implementations in use today in the aerospace and defense market are based.

WOBURN, Mass., 23 Jan. 2011. Concurrent Technologies Inc. in Woburn, Mass., is introducing the TR 80x/39x 3U VPX single-board computer based on the 2nd Generation Intel Core processor for real-time, military embedded, aerospace, and transportation systems for data acquisition, control systems, and video signal processing.

ARLINGTON, Va., 20 Jan. 2011. BAE Systems signed a $3.8 million contract to continue supplying the secure operating system that runs the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter mission-planning software.

EVERETT, Wash., 18 Jan. 2011. Boeing announced that it expects delivery of the first 787 Dreamliner in the third quarter of this year. The new delivery date reflects the impact of an in-flight electrical fire during testing last November and includes the time required to produce, install, and test updated software and new electrical power distribution panels in the flight test and production airplanes.

ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga., 16 Jan. 2011. Avionics designers at the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. in Marietta, Ga., will upgrade the avionics in 50 U.S. Air Force C-5 Galaxy cargo jets with new processors and software under terms of a $19.4 million contract awarded Wednesday. The program is part of the C-5 Block Upgrade Program 01 to standardize recent C-5 avionics upgrades on one architecture.