The U.S. Air Force's first T-1A Jayhawk trainer fitted with a Collins Aerospace-built integrated avionics system for the first time last week from a facility operated by Field Aerospace.
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Orbital ATK has finished a qualification test on the avionics system of solid rocket boosters that the company is producing for NASA‘s Space Launch System. The test series validated the avionics system’s performance in expected and abnormal conditions as well as the platform’s capacity to start booster ignition, control the booster during …
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Northrop Grumman has exhibited an integrated avionics system built to help develop configurable aircraft in the future. The company showcased its newest avionics equipment and highlighted other C4ISR initiatives during a National Press Club briefing, Northrop said Wednesday. Jeffrey Palombo, vice president and general manager of Northrop’s land and self protection systems division, said airplanes need …
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Redstone Defense Systems has selected Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) to modernize the digital cockpit of the U.S. Army‘s new fleet of Black Hawk helicopters. Northrop will work to produce and integrate the avionics system of UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters in order to replace analog gauges of the legacy model, Northrop said Friday. …
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Lockheed Martin has completed a series of tests on the Orion spacecraft’s avionics system, which is built to activate and send commands to at least 20 systems on the crew module during flight and re-entry. The company Orion’s thermal control, guidance and navigation, environmental control life support and other systems and analyzed …
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ATK has demonstrated a booster avionics system the company built to centralize twin solid rockets for NASA’s Space Launch System. The technology has been integrated into hardware and software systems and was subjected to ground test systems and stress evaluations at ATK’s Clearfield, Utah-based lab, ATK said Thursday. “Stressing the system …
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Rockwell Collins has received top honors at the Edison Award’s safety category for a technology that allowed pilots to fly an aircraft despite low visibility conditions. Rockwell Collins was given the award during the 26th Edison Awards award ceremony April 25 at Navy Pier, Chicago, Ill, the company said Tuesday. The …
Read More »Raytheon Co. has hit delivery and operational milestones for its F/A-18 avionics systems, the company announced Monday. The Waltham, Ma.-based contractor delivered its 300th active electronically scanned array radar to Boeing for integration with F/A-18E/F Super Hornets and EA-18G Growlers. Raytheon also announced the delivery of the 600th ALR-67(V)3 radar …
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