avionics

Cobham Partners with Carson Helicopter to Retrofit Sikorsky Aircraft with Avionics Upgrades

Cobham and Carson Helicopters have announced a partnership to provide an advanced suite of avionics for Sikorsky S-61, S-76, and UH-60 derivative helicopter retrofits.

The Integrated Systems business unit of Cobham Commercial Systems will supply a highly integrated flight deck… Continue reading

Boeing Receives Contract to Upgrade B-1 Bomber Avionics Software

US Air Force contract authorizes start of work on Sustainment Block 16A

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oct. 31, 2011 — The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has received a follow-on contract from the U.S. Air Force for additional upgrades of the B-1 bomber… Continue reading

Argentina – C-130H Avionics Upgrade

The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress Oct. 18 of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Argentina for commercial-off-the-shelf avionics upgrade of five C-130H aircraft, as well as associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support for an… Continue reading

Rockwell Collins brings advanced capabilities of Pro Line Fusion® avionics to turboprops and light jets

Rockwell Collins brings advanced capabilities of Pro Line Fusion® avionics to turboprops and light jets

Low-cost configuration includes industry’s first touch-control flight displays, head-up synthetic vision, automated weather detection and flight operations synchronization

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (Oct. 5, 2011) –… Continue reading

Saab receives order on avionics equipment for the Talarion UAV

Defence and security company Saab has signed a frame agreement and received a first order from the EADS company Cassidian to supply safety-critical avionics equipment for the new advanced UAV system Talarion.

The order includes design and development of the… Continue reading

Rockwell Collins’ next generation avionics systems certified on Boeing 787 Dreamliner

Rockwell Collins’ next generation avionics systems have been certified by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) on Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner airplane. The company provides and serves as systems integrator for the airplane’s flight deck… Continue reading

Boeing Receives US Air Force Contract for A-10 Avionics Modernization

12-month, $2.9M task order part of A-10 Thunderbolt Life-Cycle Program Support

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 6, 2011 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] today announced it has been awarded a one-year, $2.9 million contract by the U.S. Air Force to develop and validate… Continue reading

EMBRAER DEFENSE AND SECURITY DECIDES ON AVIONICS OF KC-390 JET

Embraer Defense and Security has selected the Pro Line FusionTM avionics system, manufactured by Rockwell Collins, to equip the KC-390 military transport aircraft.

“Embraer has chosen the best solution in latest-generation avionics available on the market, which will provide greater… Continue reading

Virgin Blue selects Rockwell Collins avionics for new B737 NG fleet

Virgin Blue Airlines has selected the entire suite of Rockwell Collins’ scaleable avionics for its new fleet order of Boeing 737 NG airplanes (50 firm, plus 25 options; 25 purchase rights). The full suite of communication, navigation and surveillance systems… Continue reading

Naval test bed helicopter completes first project, receives digital avionics suite

Naval aviation’s sole helicopter technology test bed recently completed its first technology project — an evaluation of a traffic collision avoidance system to reduce the risk of mid-air collisions.

Operated by the Naval Aviation Center for Rotorcraft Advancement, the test… Continue reading

Fokker to provide Forward Avionics Bays for Boeing AH-64D Apache Block III helicopters

Papendrecht, 29 July 2010 – Fokker Aerostructures and Boeing Rotorcraft Systems have reached an agreement to develop and produce the Forward Avionics Bays for the AH-64D Apache Block III helicopters

The Forward Avionics Bays (FABs), mounted on both sides of… Continue reading

Boeing Delivers Final C-130 Avionics Modernization Program Test Aircraft

SAN ANTONIO, July 19, 2010 – Boeing [NYSE: BA] on June 30 delivered the last of three test aircraft for the U.S. Air Force C-130 Avionics Modernization Program (AMP) system design and development contract.

Boeing made the final delivery one… Continue reading