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Rockwell Collins part of team providing aircraft, training and support for U.S. Air Force Light Air Support Mission
Rockwell Collins will provide navigation and communication equipment for A-29 Super Tucano aircraft
Rockwell Collins today announced that it is part of the supplier network tapped by the U.S. Air Force under its recently awarded Light Air Support (LAS) contract.… Continue reading
Quovadis supports South African Airways in authorization of efficient RNP AR navigation procedures
The South African Aviation Authority has approved South African Airlines’ new Required Navigation Performance with Authorization Required (RNP AR) procedures for Cape Town International Airport, which were designed in close cooperation with the Airbus ProSky company Quovadis.
It marks the… Continue reading
Xiamen Airlines and Wuyishan Airport Establish Precision Navigation Procedures
BEIJING, Jan. 7, 2012 – Boeing [NYSE: BA] recently developed new flight procedures for Xiamen Airlines, an all-Boeing operator, which enables the airline to fly some of the most precise, fuel… Continue reading
Northrop Grumman Awarded Contract to Develop Navigation System for the U.S. Navy’s Super Hornet and Growler Aircraft
Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a competitive prototyping contract by The Boeing Company to develop an embedded global positioning/inertial navigation system (EGI) for the U.S. Navy’s F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler aircraft.
Under the contract, Northrop Grumman will… Continue reading
Integrated Global Navigation Satellite System Certified on Fokker 70 and Fokker 100 aircraft
Fokker Services announces the successful certification of the integrated Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) for the Fokker 100 and Fokker 70 aircraft. On Wednesday June the 20th we received the Major Change Approval from EASA in Cologne.
With the integrated… Continue reading
Northrop Grumman to Upgrade Software for the LN-251 Navigation System on the CH-53K Helicopter
Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a Phase II contract by the U.S. Navy to modify existing software for the LN-251 embedded GPS/fiber-optic inertial navigation system (INS) on the new CH-53K Super Stallion helicopter.
The $5.6 million contract to support integration… Continue reading
Russian carrier rocket launched from Kourou, carrying two Galileo navigation system satellites
A Russian Soyuz-ST carrier rocket was launched on Friday for the first time from the Kourou launch site in French Guiana.
The rocket is carrying two Galileo navigation system satellites, and is fitted with a radar transponder allowing its location… Continue reading
Boeing and Lion Air Pioneer Precision Satellite Navigation Technology
RNP debuts in South Asia for capacity, safety and environmental benefits.
Boeing and Lion Air, an all-Boeing Next-Generation 737 operator, are pioneering the use of precision navigation technology in South Asia with the introduction of Required Navigation Performance (RNP) flight… Continue reading
Lockheed Martin Recreates STORRM in Earthbound Lab
Denver, September 2nd, 2011 — Lockheed Martin’s [NYSE:LMT] state-of-the-art Space Operations Simulation Center (SOSC) has completed its first orbital simulation test with hardware and data that was flown on NASA’s STS-134 space shuttle Endeavour mission to the International Space Station.… Continue reading
Boeing Awarded Contract to Upgrade E-4B Cockpits
WICHITA, Kan., June 7, 2011 – The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today announced it has been awarded phase one of the Communications Navigation Surveillance/Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM)… Continue reading
NASA, Lockheed Martin & Ball Aerospace Team Complete On-Orbit Orion MPCV Navigation System Test During STS-134 Shuttle Mission
DENVER, May 30th, 2011 — In an unprecedented on-orbit maneuver, Commander Mark Kelly completed the first ever Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV)-like approach to the International Space Station at 3:24 a.m. CDT today as part of the Sensor Test for… Continue reading