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September 4, 2008  Aviation Maintenance
Mx Crews Aide Hurricane Missions
Support and maintenance personnel accompanied members of the Hurricane Hunters from the U.S. Air Force Reserve’s 403rd Wing during the...

September 2, 2008  Avionics
Elbit Systems Awarded UAV Contract
Elbit Systems Ltd., based in Haifa, Israel, was awarded a $25 million contract from a “country in the...

September 2, 2008  Avionics
Lockheed Martin Acquires Aculight
Lockheed Martin completed its acquisition of Aculight Corp., Bothell, Wash., a manufacturer of laser-based systems for defense...

September 1, 2008  Avionics
People
Ray Miller Universal Avionics, Tucson, Ariz., promoted Ray Miller to vice president and general manager of its Instrument Division, located in Duluth, Ga. In this new position, Miller will oversee engineering design and certification of the company’s...

September 1, 2008  Avionics
Product Focus: Test Equipment
In one of the largest aircraft test equipment procurement contracts in recent memory, the U.S. Navy was in the process of writing a request for proposals (RFP) to replace the roughly 600 Consolidated Automated Support System (CASS) test systems in its...

September 1, 2008  Avionics
Industry Scan
With EDO Purchase ITT Is Poised For Bigger Piece Of EW Market ITT Corp. foresees double-digit annual growth of its Electronic Systems group, helped by the recent addition of the former EDO Corp. The market for electronic warfare (EW) systems is seen as...

September 1, 2008  Avionics
AESA’s Advantages
The operational launch of the F-22 Raptor clearly signaled a changing of the guard for the United States fighter force. Bristling with advanced sensors and weapons systems, the fifth-generation Raptor, along with the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, will take the...

September 1, 2008  Avionics
New Products
Data Converter Certification AgiLynx, of Billerica, Mass., completed software verification and environmental and Electromagnetic Compatibility testing of its Lynx Series Protocol Converters, which are designed for airborne applications. The converter...

September 1, 2008  Avionics
Calendar
September 8-11 World Airline Entertainment Association (WAEA) 29th Annual Conference & Exhibition, Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center, Long Beach, Calif. Contact WAEA, 703-610-9021 or visit www.waea.org. 8-11 Autotestcon Systems Readiness...

September 1, 2008  Rotor & Wing
Feedback
Heli-Snipers Here to Stay Giovanni de Briganti calls on the U.S. military to consider employing a technique he explained is being used by several other forces, particularly the British and French (“Heli-Snipers Prove Effective” June 2008, page...

September 1, 2008  Rotor & Wing
Rotorcraft Report: Canada Wet Leases Mi-8s for Afghan Operations
MILITARY Allied forces have been urging worldwide governments to send more attack and transport helicopters for years. Soldiers are being injured or killed by roadside bombs and without medevac helicopters and their attack escorts, many of the soldiers, who...

September 1, 2008  Rotor & Wing
Program Updates
Attack- Iraq will spend as much as $2.4 billion to buy helicopters, related munitions and associated equipment and services. Bell Helicopter or Boeing would be the principal contractors. Iraq requested the possible sale of 24 Bell armed Model 407s or 24...

September 1, 2008  Rotor & Wing
Contracts
Sikorsky Aircraft, Stratford, Conn., was awarded a $22-million contract for two MH-60S Sea Hawks. Work will be performed in Stratford and is expected to be completed by Dec. 31, 2012. Bristow Academy Inc, Titusville, Fla., was awarded a $5.3-million contract...

September 1, 2008  Rotor & Wing
Rotorcraft Report: Heard in the Hallways: A Gun By Any Other Name
What is in a name? BAE Systems is developing an interim defensive weapon system for the U.S. Air Force’s special-operations CV-22 Osprey under a January $491,000 contract...