Military Aviation
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Navy orders AN/ARC-210(V) aircraft radios, radio control sets, and related avionics equipment from Rockwell Collins
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.
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Army chooses Talon multi-sensor reconnaissance and surveillance payload from FLIR Systems for UH-60 helicopter
REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala., 19 May 2013. U.S. Army helicopter avionics experts needed a multi-sensor payload for the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk utility helicopter. They found their solution from FLIR Systems Inc. in Wilsonville, Ore.
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EADS North America to transform CN235 aircraft into HC-144A maintenance training unit for U.S. Coast Guard personnel
HERNDON, Va., 18 May 2013. Officials at the U.S. Coast Guard Aviation Logistics Center plans to transform a prototype CN235 aircraft into an HC-144A maintenance training unit, based on the Airbus Military CN235 tactical airlifter.
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U.S. Coast Guard officials select FLIR Systems electro-optic sensor suite for H-60, H-65 helicopters
PORTLAND, Ore., 18 May 2013. U.S. Coast Guard officials sought a forward-looking infrared (FLIR), electro-optical sensor system for its fleet of Sikorsky H-60 Jayhawk and Eurocopter H-65 Dolphin rotorcraft, which have already been modernized with upgraded avionics suites from Rockwell Collins and
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Boeing, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, AFRL, and DARPA partner on X-51A WaveRider, achieve record-breaking flight
CANOGA PARK, Calif., 17 May 2013. The X-51A WaveRider hypersonic vehicle achieved the longest supersonic combustion ramjet-powered flight--flying full duration and achieving both mission success and aviation history on May 1.
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Northrop Grumman, U.S. Navy Catapult X-47B from Carrier, marking the first catapult launch of an unmanned aircraft from a ship
NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md., 16 May 2013. Northrop Grumman Corp. (NYSE:NOC) and the U.S. Navy made carrier-capable unmanned aircraft history by catapulting the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator from the deck of the USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77).
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ITT Exelis to provide anti-jam GPS antennas for Canadian military aircraft
BOHEMIA, N.Y., 16 May 2013. ITT Exelis (NYSE:XLS) won a contract by Raytheon U.K. and the Canadian Department of National Defence to deliver anti-jam GPS antenna arrays for several Canadian airborne military platforms.
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ITT Exelis to provide RF technology for fighter aircraft
CLIFTON, N.J., 13 May 2013. ITT Exelis ( NYSE:XLS ) won a $9.4 million contract from Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company in Fort Worth, Texas, to supply the Continuous Wave Illuminator (CWI) subsystem for the F-16 Fighting Falcon.
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Mentor Graphics expands Capital software suite with Capital Harness TVM
MILWAUKEE, 11 May 2013. Mentor Graphics Corp . (NASDAQ:MENT) unveiled a new tool in its Capital software suite, Capital Harness TVM. The tool automatically generates detailed harness manufacturing process and cost data specific to each harness design, each factory, and each company’s cost models.
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V-22 tiltrotor communications and missile-defense avionics upgrade to use tactical booster amplifier from AR Modular
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.
