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Rackmount chassis for Navy LCAC electronics upgrades to come from Tracewell Systems
PANAMA CITY, Fla., 11 Dec. 2009. U.S. Navy leaders needed custom-designed electronic packaging for upgraded navigation equipment and other electronics upgrades on the U.S. Navy and Marine Corp Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) service life extension program. They found their solution from Tracewell Systems in Westerville, Ohio.
Next-generation Global Hawk UAV makes flight
PALMDALE, Calif., 10 Dec. 2009. The first Block 40 configuration of the RQ-4 Global Hawk high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) completed its first flight. Designated AF-18, the advanced capability aircraft flew for approximately two hours from Northrop Grumman Corp's (NYSE: NOC) manufacturing facility in Palmdale, Calif., to Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
Air traffic management and performance-based operations sessions highlight Avionics Europe 2010
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, 9 Dec. 2009. Session topics on air traffic management and performance-based operations highlight the 2010 Avionics Europe conference and exhibition. The event will be held March 24 – 25, 2010 at the Air Passenger Terminal in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
SAIC to care for Navy's electronic sensor-equipped mine-hunting dolphins
SAN DIEGO, 9 Dec. 2009. The U.S. Navy's force of bottlenose dolphins, which use electronic sensors as well as their own biological echolocation capability to detect submerged sea mines, will receive care and training from Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) in San Diego under terms of a $9.9 million contract awarded late last week.
Aircraft health-monitoring avionics for Navy E-6B TACAMO to be provided by Teledyne Controls
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., 8 Dec. 2009. Avionics designers at L-3 Communications Vertex Aerospace in Madison, Miss., needed flight data acquisition technology for the U.S. Navy E-6B TACAMO strategic communications airborne command post. They found their solution from Teledyne Controls in El Segundo, Calif.
FAA solicits bids for NextGen contracts worth $7 billion
WASHINGTON, 8 Dec. 2009. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is soliciting bids from companies interested in competing for NextGen support contracts with an approximate combined value of $7 billion, the largest award in the agency's history.
Training and simulation systems a cost saver for military
ORLANDO, Fla., 7 Dec. 2009. -- Exhibitors at the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) held last week in Orlando, Fla., say military leaders are turning toward realistic and high-fidelity training systems as way of cutting down on training costs.
Boeing uses IP-based data link instead of Link 16 in flight simulation test
ORLANDO, Fla., 6 Dec. 2009. Engineers at Boeing Training Systems and Support in St. Louis tested an IP (Internet Protocol)-based data link to transmit flight simulation information to and from an F-15E jet fighter-bomber in the company's third integrated Live, Virtual and Constructive (LVC) proof-of-concept demonstration during a flight test at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
Navy researchers kick off program to improve electronic warfare and signal processing
ARLINGTON, Va., 4 Dec. 2009. U.S. Navy researchers plan to award several contracts aimed at improving electronic warfare technology and electronic warfare signal processing in the RF, electro-optical, and infrared portions of the electromagnetic spectrum.
Military fuel cell research for lightweight energy storage is aim of UltraCell contract
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, 3 Dec. 2009. Energy storage experts at UltraCell Corp. in Livermore, Calif., will investigate ways to improve portable 50-Watt fuel cell power storage technology to provide dense, lightweight power sources for soldiers in the field under terms of a $3 million contract from the U.S. Air Force.
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