Thales Raytheon Systems has sold a set of GroundMaster 200 radars to Singapore, adding to that country’s land-based air defense systems highlighted at the Singapore Air zdhow, AINonline reported Friday. Chris Pocock writes the Raytheon-Thales Group joint venture designed the 3D digital radar system to transmit signals in the S-band for target detection at any altitude. […] More

DynCorp International has been selected to receive the Diamond Award for Excellence from the Federal Aviation Administration for the second consecutive year. Diamond Awards are presented to companies of which 100 percent of all eligible maintenance technicians complete FAA aircraft systems training in systems and regulations over one year, DynCorp announced Monday. The company was […] More

World Wide Technology Inc. has deployed its disaster recovery system that consolidates data and voice systems at the Kansas City International Airport’s aviation department. Under the partnership, WWT deployed its Vblock Systems Infrastructure Platform to provide KCI with consolidated and virtualized systems, WWT announced. The Vblock system was used to establish a disaster recovery offering […] More

Stephanie C. Hill, vice president and general manager of the civil business within Lockheed Martin‘s Information Systems and Global Solutions line, has been selected to receive the 2014 Black Engineer of the Year award from the Career Communications Group. The group recognized Hill for her 27-year career in engineering and leadership roles at Lockheed Martin […] More

Max Crumit has been appointed to serve as the new strategic project development director in the transportation business at CH2M Hill. In his new role, Crumit will handle the development of new international strategic opportunities for the unit’s aviation, bridge, highway, ports and rail market transportation offerings, CH2M Hill announced Monday. Crumit was most recently the […] More

The U.S. Army has selected Lockheed Martin for a $22 million contract to provide the Apache helicopters of the Royal Saudi Land Forces Aviation Command with targeting and night vision sensors. For the three-year contract, Lockheed Martin will provide the command with Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensors tools and test equipment for maintenance […] More

A-T Solutions Inc. was awarded a $6.5 million five-year firm-fixed contract to assess and recommend the best security practices to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Under the security auditing program, the company will provide the Port Authority’s security managers with a “repeatable, scalable and proven methodology” for conducting security audits, A-T […] More

Jianmin Cui has been named sales director for China at Cobham as the Denmark-based satellite communications company seeks to grow its presence in China’s general aviation market, AIN Online reported Tuesday.  Charles Alcock writes that Cui will focus the company’s air transport sector and its main product, the Aviator SwiftBroadband series of communications systems. Cui […] More

An Exelis business unit’s contract with Airservices Australia has been extended to provide six more airports in the country with Exelis voice communications technology to manage response systems in case of airport emergencies. Exelis C4i’s SwitchplusIP Alarmon will connect the airports’ voice communications system to the aviation rescue fire fighting service for coordination during critical […] More

Exelis will unveil its latest innovations in Singapore this week, seeking to present advances in electronic warfare and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance technology that Chris Tucker, vice president of international business development, hopes will entice new partners in the region. “We are excited to strengthen existing relationships and develop new ones during the Singapore Airshow,” […] More

Lockheed Martin has notified the Federal Aviation Administration that the company plans to produce a civil variant of its C-130J Super Hercules transport aircraft. The LM-100J variant plane is intended to leverage technology and design upgrades from the L-100 plane for other functions such as aerial firefighting and airborne medical patient transportation, Lockheed said Monday. […] More

Satcom Direct will distribute Inmarsat‘s mobile Broadband Global Area Network service to aerospace clients, continuing a partnership between the two companies that launched in 2007. Inmarsat intends to help Satcom Direct’s customers simultaneously transmit voice and broadband data up to 492 kilobytes per second through the Inmarsat-4 satellite terminals, the companies said Wednesday. “Our aerospace clients […] More