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• Boeing Secures $84M Order to Upgrade B-1B’s Avionics Software

  
  Defense Industry Daily — Authority: 557
  B-1B: “Power” by Dru Blair (click to view full) Boeing received an $84 million order from the US Air Force for upgrades to the B-1B heavy bomber fleet’s avionics software that will enhance the aircraft’s color cockpit displays, data link, radar and navigation systems. The award (F33657-01-D-2050, ...
  1 week ago

• K. Radhakrishnan takes over as new ISRO chairman

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 727
  Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 31 (IANS) Eminent scientist K. Radhakrishnan Saturday took over as chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre here and acknowledged the expectations from him “in carrying on the good work”.“I have now taken over as the chairman and as I ...
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• Hindustan Aeronautics to help Ecuador probe Dhruv crash

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 727
  Bangalore, Oct 30 (IANS) State-run Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) rushed a three-member team to Ecuador for joining the probe into the crash of its advanced light helicopter Dhruv, bought by the Ecuadorian Air Force (EAF) early this year, the defence behemoth said Friday.“A three-member team of specialists, ...
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• India rushes team to Ecuador to probe Dhruv chopper crash

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 727
  New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) Defence public sector undertaking Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) Friday said it has rushed a three-member team to Ecuador to probe the crash of a Dhruv advanced light helicopter, India’s flagship defence export, this week.Without specifying the reasons behind the Oct 27 crash, HAL said the ...
  1 week ago

• Morocco’s Air Force Reloads (updated)

  
  Defense Industry Daily — Authority: 557
  French Mirage F1s (click to view full) Morocco’s combat air force currently flies 2 squadrons of old F-5s, and 2 squadrons of only slightly newer Mirage F1s; T-37 light jets serve as key transitional trainers. Their neighbor and rival Algeria flies MiG-23s of similar vintage, but the Force Aerienne Algerienne ...
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• Malaysia Receives its SU-30MKMs, Replaces MiG-29s Early

  
  Defense Industry Daily — Authority: 557
  Malaysian SU-30MKM (click to view larger) On May 24/07, a rollout and demonstration ceremony was held for the first 2 Su-30MKM fighters for the Royal Malaysan Airforce (RMAF) at Russia’s Irkutsk Aviation plant. Malaysia flies the F/A-18D Hornet, and was offered Boeing’s F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet, but chose the ...
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• NASA’s Ares I-X Rocket Completes Successful Flight Test

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 155
  NASA’s Ares I-X test rocket lifted off at 11:30 a.m. EDT Wednesday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a two-minute powered flight. The test flight lasted about six minutes from its launch from the newly-modified Launch Complex 39B until splash down of the rocket’s booster stage nearly 150 miles ...
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• K. Radhakrishnan named new ISRO chief

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 727
  Thrissur (Kerala), Oct 24 (IANS) K. Radhakrishnan, director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre in Thiruvananthapuram, was Saturday named the next chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).Armed with a fax copy of his appointment Radhakrishnan, who takes over from G. Madhavan Nair, visited the famed ...
  2 weeks ago

• Meet Neutral, Lufthansas secret weapon

  
  Runway Girl — Authority: 472
  With all the calm, cool, collected reserve youd expect from a top-notch design firm, Neutral , which creates all the branding for Lufthansas in-flight entertainment (IFE) systems, has made it known that it is ready to add to its roster of customers. Managers at the London-based firm , who admit to being ...
  2 weeks ago

• Interactive: C-5s vs. C-17s in Washington

  
  Defense Industry Daily — Authority: 557
  C-17, waiting (click to view full) A Washington think-tank has gone so far as to call the planned cancellation of C-17 heavy transport aircraft production “ The Dumbest Weapons Decision of the Decade .” With heavy usage that is accumulating fatigue hours far faster than originally planned, the US Air Force ...
  2 weeks ago

• Panasonic takes big screens to the skies

  
  Runway Girl — Authority: 472
  Panasonic Avionics has unveiled what it says is "the highest resolution and largest monitor in the [commercial] in-flight entertainment space today". The new 32in, high-definition LCD monitor is part of a package of  new premium in-flight entertainment and connectivity (IFEC) solutions for Panasonics X Series ...
  2 weeks ago

• $5.1B Proposed in Sales, Upgrades, Weapons for Pakistan’s F-16s

  
  Defense Industry Daily — Authority: 557
  PAF F-16A drops Mk.82s (click to view full) On June 28/06, the US DSCA notified Congress via a series of releases of its intention to provide Pakistan with a $5.1 billion Foreign Military Sales package to upgrade the F-16s that serve as the PAF’s top of the line fighters. Some of these items had been put on ...
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• Taiwan’s (Un?)Stalled Force Modernization

  
  Defense Industry Daily — Authority: 557
  In November 2005, “ Taiwan Orders F-16 Training in USA, But Larger Defense Buys Remain in Limbo ” described the gridlock that had hampered key weapons sales of P-3 maritime patrol aircraft, Patriot PAC-3 missiles, and diesel-electric submarines to Taiwan – in some cases, since 1997. The opposition KMT party’s ...
  3 weeks ago

• Egypt to Spend $3.2B in Updating F-16C/D Fleet

  
  Defense Industry Daily — Authority: 557
  Egyptian Air Force F-16D (click to view full) The Egyptian government is seeking to buy 24 F-16C/D Block 50/52 aircraft, associated parts, weapons, and equipment to modernize its air force’s aging F-16C/D aircraft. The request , made Oct 9/09 through the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) to Congress, ...
  3 weeks ago

• Need a Ku-band antenna? Check this out!

  
  Runway Girl — Authority: 472
  Wow, what a day for Ku-band satellite-based connectivity, eh? Lufthansa finally confirmed its partnership with Panasonic to reignite overseas connectivity, further catapulting  Ku-band into the spotlight (after Southwest Airlines announced that it will equip its entire Boeing 737 domestic fleet with Row ...
  3 weeks ago

• Not So Bright, Avionics Guys

  
  Cockpit Conversation — Authority: 496
  Over dinner the pilots brief me on the maintenance situation. The oil leak on the right engine turned out (after two o-ring changes) to be the governor leaking. Each time they changed the o-ring, the associated sealant held off the the leak for about ten hours, but now its fixed, using the governor from the airplane ...
  3 weeks ago

• FlyNet takes off again: Lufthansa relaunches inflight Internet

  
  PlaneTalking.com — Authority: 441
  From the middle of next year, Lufthansas customers will once again enjoy the full freedom to communicate via the Internet above the clouds as the airline relaunches FlyNet, its on-board broadband Internet service. In addition, the new service will permit inflight data transfer over standard GSM/GPRS mobile networks.
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• Another Reason Not To Outsource

  
  Cockpit Conversation — Authority: 496
  While looking for the date of the last pitot-static certification, I found the following snag and rectification in an aircraft journey logbook. Avionics master comes on with battery switch. Found stall warning power connected to avionics bus and stall warning system connected to pilot instrument light power. I ...
  4 weeks ago

• AeroMobile gets huge penetration as it readies for transatlantic

  
  Runway Girl — Authority: 472
  AeroMobile is about to show the massive transatlantic market what its GSM/GPRS service is made of. The Arinc/Telenor partnerships mobile connectivity solution, branded by Panasonic Avionics as eXphone, is part of the connectivity suite being provided by the IFEC giant to Lufthansa, which, by the way, is already ...
  4 weeks ago

• Rockwell Collins to Upgrade KC-135 with Digital Avionics Suite

  
  Defense Industry Daily — Authority: 557
  KC-135 over Mt. Rushmore (click to view full) Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids, IA received a $33.5 million contract to modernize the KC-135 Stratotanker with a digital avionics suite [PDF], including a digital autopilot, flight director, radar altimeter and electronic engine instrument display. Prototype ...
  4 weeks ago

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