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Executive Watch 2009 P9
New Century to acquire Precision Aerostructures
LOS ANGELES, Calif., 4 Sept. 2009. New Century Companies Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Precision Aerostructures Inc. through a cashless merger. Precision Aerostructures manufactures structural aircraft components and assemblies, serving customers in defense, government systems, aerospace, and commercial markets.
VPX embedded computer backplane interoperability standard near completion by OpenVPX
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., 4 Sept. 2009. A VME embedded computing industry working group in place to suggest system interoperability guidelines for the VPX (VITA 46) high-speed computer switch fabric -- the OpenVPX Industry Working Group -- has completed the OpenVPX draft V0.8 specification, paving the way for final ratification by year's end.
VME rugged computer boards from GE Fanuc to power Navy Q-70 ship computer sensor processing
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., 3 Sept. 2009. Ship computer systems designers from Lockheed Martin Corp. in Eagan, Minn., needed VME embedded computer hardware for the AN/UYQ-70 shipboard computer that Lockheed Martin provides to the U.S. Navy. They found their computer board solution from GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms in Charlottesville, Va.
Internet inventor BBN Technologies to be acquired by Raytheon in bid to enhance technology R&D
WALTHAM, Mass., 3 Sept. 2009. Raytheon Co. in Waltham, Mass., has agreed to acquire BBN Technologies in Cambridge, Mass., to enhance Raytheon's capabilities in technology research and development (R&D). BBN developed the ARPANET -- forerunner of the Internet -- as well as the Boomerang acoustic-based shooter detection system, and other mission-critical military and intelligence systems.
Synthetic vision avionics from Cobham receive FAA approval for Cessna business jet
MINERAL WELLS, Texas, 3 Sept. 2009. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in Washington granted a supplemental type certificate (STC) for a synthetic vision system glass cockpit avionics setup from the Cobham Avionics and Surveillance segment in Mineral Wells, Texas, for use on the Cessna 550 Citation II business jet.
Uncooled infrared focal plane array top supplier ranking goes to DRS Technologies
PARSIPPANY, N.J., 2 Sept. 2009. Electro-optical specialist DRS Technologies Inc. in Parsippany, N.J., has become the world's number one supplier of uncooled infrared focal plane arrays (FPAs), jumping from fifth position in 2006, according to a report by industry analyst Maxtech International Inc. of Fairfield, Conn.
Safety critical OpenGL software expert Presagis acquires Seaweed to boost embedded graphics
MONTREAL, 2 Sept. 2009. Software modeling and computer simulation specialist Presagis Canada Inc. in Montreal has acquired safety critical embedded graphics expert Seaweed Systems Inc. of Burlington, Mass., to improve Presagis expertise in embedded graphical capability in military and avionics applications.
Military robots to be delivered to U.S. Army by iRobot in $35.3 million contract
BEDFORD, Mass., 2 Sept. 2009. U.S. Army leaders needed military robots for unmanned ground vehicle applications. They found their solution from iRobot in Bedford, Mass.
Flight simulator network for distributed training of C-17 cargo jet pilots to open at Scott AFB
ST. LOUIS, 1 Sept. 2009. U.S. Air Force C-17 cargo jet pilots will be able to train on an interactive flight simulator network that engineers at the Boeing Co. in St. Louis are set to build at Scott Air Force Base, Ill. Boeing will create a simulator network of 10 existing C-17 flight simulators in the United States, using Scott Air Force Base as the hub.
Real time embedded systems computer to be provided to Ares I rocket by Aitech
CHATSWORTH, Calif. 30 Aug. 2009. Aitech Defense Systems Inc. in Chatsworth, Calif., will provide real time embedded systems processing components for the Ares I launch vehicle's instrument unit avionics computer and command telemetry computer systems under terms of a contract from Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
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