Seventeen companies have signed five-year Space Act Agreements with NASA to take part in developmental testing activities as part of the agency’s Urban Air Mobility Grand Challenge. NASA said Wednesday the challenge seeks to test the readiness and capabilities of vehicles that could transform mobility in densely populated areas.
Read More »Aviation Industry Vet Andrew Kemmetmueller Joins AAR as Chief Digital Officer
Andrew Kemmetmueller, a 17-year aviation industry veteran, has joined AAR as chief digital officer at the Wood Dale, Illinois-based aviation aftermarket services provider. He will report directly to AAR President and Chief Operating officer John Holmes, the company said Thursday. Holmes said that Kemmetmueller will help drive the firm’s digital services vision with his …
Read More »Amtrak to Implement Rockwell Collins-Built Application on Diesel Locomotive Fleet
Rockwell Collins has inked an agreement with Amtrak to integrate the former’s hosted network, messaging and application platform across 310 locomotives that operate throughout the U.S. Rockwell Collins said Wednesday that Amtrak will implement the ARINC RailwayNet service on its diesel locomotive fleet as part of efforts to meet mandated positive …
Read More »CBP to Adopt Rockwell Collins Tech for Passenger Data Processing
The Customs and Border Protection agency has selected a Rockwell Collins-made technology platform to help CBP personnel manage traveler data as part of border security efforts. CBP will implement the ARINC Border Management Solution to collect passenger information and name record data from airlines worldwide, Rockwell Collins said Wednesday. Mike …
Read More »Rockwell Collins, Nippon Form Border Security Partnership in Japan; Christopher Mackey Comments
Rockwell Collins and Nippon Automated Cargo and Port Consolidated System have inked a strategic agreement to offer border security services to Japan. The companies seek to integrate NACCS Center’s electronic processing of inbound and outbound cargo and passenger data and Rockwell Collins’ ARINC border management system in an effort to help Japanese government officials …
Read More »Robin Portman on Booz Allen’s BD Org Retool and ‘Changing Paradigms’ in Federal Acquisition
Robin Portman oversees business development function at Booz Allen Hamilton in her role as an executive vice president for the consulting and contracting firm. She supports the firm’s work in the defense, security, civil and commercial sectors through leadership of a BD organization that seeks to understand and analyze market shifts for proposal development. In …
Read More »Research and Markets: Combat Aircraft to Drive Avionics Tech Market Through 2018
A new Research and Markets report predicts worldwide demand for avionics equipment will grow as military and defense agencies invest more on fighter aircraft. The global military and defense avionic systems market is projected to enjoy a 9.63 percent compound annual growth rate from 2013 to 2018, the research firm …
Read More »ARINC to Deploy Airline Passenger Data Offering for Mexican Govt; Yun Chong Comments
ARINC will provide its e-Government offering to the Mexican Government in order to help process individuals as they enter and exit the country on commercial airlines, ARINC said Thursday. The Mexican Government’s National Institute of Immigration picked the e-Government offering to provide an international network and message processing service that can review advanced …
Read More »ARINC Kicks Off Data Services Work for Harris FAA NextGen Project; John Belcher Comments
ARINC has started to work on its portion of a project for the Federal Aviation Administration‘s NextGen air traffic control initiative under a seven-year, $150 million task order awarded last month to prime contractor Harris Corp. ARINC will work to help the agency connect to communications service provider networks and help …
Read More »ARINC Tests Lancaster County Emergency Response System; Beth Leek-Lantz Comments
ARINC has completed the first phase of tests under a $20 million contract awarded to the company last year for a new emergency response communications network in Lancaster County, Pa. The company aimed to evaluate the P25 radio system’s ability to maintain connectivity between different devices under adverse conditions, ARINC …
Read More »ARINC Concludes Phase 1 Testing of Emergency Radio System for Lancaster
ARINC has completed the first phase acceptance test of an emergency responders communication system for Lancaster, Pa. The acceptance tests and background noise demonstrations support the county’s $20 million public safety radio system replacement project, ARINC said Thursday. During the tests, ARINC’s P25 public safety radio system worked with multiple …
Read More »ARINC CEO John Belcher to Donate $10M to Anne Arundel Medical Center
ARINC CEO John M. Belcher announced a $10 million pledge to an Annapolis, Md.-based hospital, to be given over the next 10 years, Capital Gazette reports Friday. Jack Lambert writes that Belcher and his wife Cathy will donate $1 million to the Anne Arundel Medical Center over the next decade. The …
Read More »ARINC to Attend Nuclear IT Industry Workshop
ARINC will present its information management software offerings at a nuclear industry forum intended for utility and agency leaders to discuss information technology and cybersecurity issues facing nuclear facilities. The Nuclear Information Technology Strategic Leadership workshop in Detroit started Monday and wraps up Thursday, ARINC announced Monday. Frank Koren, ARINC business …
Read More »Philip Watkiss Named ARINC Managed Services Sales Director for the Americas
An ARINC Inc. subsidiary has appointed Philip Watkiss, formerly a senior global account manager at SITA, as sales director for the Americas. Watkiss brings 30 years of sales and marketing background in the aviation sector to help ARINC Managed Services expand in North America and grow its revenue and market …
Read More »ARINC Extends Contract with Int’l Airport Authority for Passenger Processing Systems
ARINC Inc.’s airport systems division has won a 10-year contract extension to provide the Calgary Airport Authority with its common use passenger processing systems. ARINC Managed Services LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of ARINC, will perform maintenance services including vMUSE, BagLink, common use self service and local departure control system …
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