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Executive Watch 2009 P21
Single board computer from GE Fanuc to power Airbus jetliner cabin avionics systems
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., 28 April 2009. Cabin avionics designers at Airbus in Toulouse, France, needed customized 3U CompactPCI single board computer technology for passenger jet cabin electronic systems. They found their solution in the CL11 embedded computer board from GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms in Charlottesville, Va.
Boeing Airborne Laser team begins weapon system flight tests
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., 27 April 2009. -- Boeing, industry teammates, and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency have begun Airborne Laser (ABL) flight tests with the entire weapon system integrated aboard the ABL aircraft.
Ship radar contract for Navy destroyers, aircraft carriers goes to Raytheon
WASHINGTON, 26 April 2009. U.S. Navy leaders are looking to Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems in Tewksbury, Mass., to provide two Volume Search Radar (VSR) systems to satisfy ship radar requirements the Zumwalt-class destroyer and to the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78).
Airbus integrates MTAD as Airbus Military to manage all military activities
SEVILLE, Spain, 25 April 2009. EADS's former military transport aircraft division, MTAD, became fully integrated into Airbus. As a new Airbus business unit, Airbus Military will be accountable for all military aviation activities within Airbus.
Aerospace industry forecast to grow through 2013
NEW YORK, 25 April 2009. Reportlinker.com has unveiled a market research report, "Aerospace Industry Forecast to 2013," which reveals that growing air travel and wars around the world are driving the global aerospace industry. The civil aerospace segment is predicted to grow at a faster pace than the defense segment, according to the report. It is estimated that by the end of 2027, the world's airlines will take delivery of 29,400 civil airplanes with total value of $3.2 trillion.
Military laser weapon research aims at defending U.S. Navy ships at sea
ARLINGTON, Va., 24 April 2009. U.S. Navy researchers are asking two U.S. defense contractors to develop military laser prototypes of a future laser weapon of megawatt power to defend warships at sea from advanced cruise missiles, swarms of small attack boats, and other future maritime threats.
Altair Nano provides military batteries to equip M119 howitzer for digital battlefield
RENO, Nev., 23 April 2009. Altair Nanotechnologies Inc. in Reno, Nev., is shipping 40 advanced military battery systems for the U.S. Army's M119 105 millimeter lightweight gun digitization program to equip the weapon for network centric warfare and the digital battlefield.
Curtiss-Wright Flight Systems to supply transducers for military helicopter avionics
GASTONIA, N.C., 22 April 2009. The Curtiss-Wright Controls Inc. Flight Systems segment in Gastonia, N.C., is providing multi-channel linear variable displacement transducers (LVDTs) for the helicopter avionics fly-by-wire systems controlling the main rotor and tail rotor on the upgraded Sikorsky UH-60M and CH-53K military helicopters.
EaglePicher supplies battery space power for Italian military satellite electronics
JOPLIN, Mo., 21 April 2009. EaglePicher Technologies LLC in Joplin, Mo., is supplying nickel hydrogen battery space power for the satellite electronics of the Italian SICRAL 1B military communications satellite, which is built by Thales Alenia Space. The military satellite launched on 20 April.
General Dynamics wins contract for U.S. Army Ground Soldier Ensemble program
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., 20 April 2009. General Dynamics C4 Systems has won one of three $12 million contracts to design a new information-systems ensemble for soldiers to use during combat operations. General Dynamics received one of the Ground Soldier Ensemble contract awards from the U.S. Army's Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) Contracting Center in support of Project Manager Soldier Warrior requirements.
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