AVIONICS INTELLIGENCE WEEKLY E-NEWSLETTER
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EBACE EXCITEMENT, AVIONICS ADVANCES |
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Cessna debuts long-range Citation business jet at EBACE
Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. company, introduced its longest-range business jet, the Citation Longitude, at the European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (EBACE) in Switzerland.
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EASA approves Max-Viz EVS-1500 enhanced vision system for use in Eurocopter helicopters
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has given SRC approval for the installation and operation of the Max-Viz, Inc., a designer of enhanced vision systems, EVS-1500 infrared enhanced vision system on several Eurocopter twin-engine helicopter models.
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Bombardier brings paperless cockpit to its business jets with introduction of Bombardier Flight Deck for iPad
Business jet aircraft specialist Bombardier in Montreal is introducing the Bombardier Flight Deck app for the Apple iPad tablet computer. Bombardier Flight Deck manages documents and enables general aviation jet pilots to carry flight information on the iPad tablet computer.
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Boeing looks to Vision Systems for helmet-mounted displays for jet fighter aircraft pilots
Combat aircraft designers at the Boeing Co. Defense, Space & Security segment in St. Louis needed helmet-mounted displays for jet fighters. They found their solution from Vision Systems International LLC (VSI) in San Jose, Calif.
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BUSINESS BRIEFS & AVIATION MILESTONES |
GE invests $65 million in Dayton Aerospace Corridor, unmanned aerial vehicle technologies
GE Aviation is growing its presence in Dayton, Ohio, with a $65 million investment in the region’s aerospace corridor, revealed Lorraine Bolsinger, president and CEO of GE Aviation Systems, during a keynote address at the Dayton Chamber of Commerce’s annual meeting.
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Northrop Grumman's Infrared Missile Warning System enters full rate production
The NexGen Infrared missile warning system (MWS), a system Northrop Grumman Corp. (NYSE:NOC) designed, built and tested protection system for C-17, EC-130J, HC/MC-130J and other Air Force aircraft, was authorized for full rate production by the U.S. Air Force.
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Canada receives final Lockheed Martin CC-130J Super Hercules military transport aircraft
The Royal Canadian Air Force accepted the 17th Lockheed Martin CC-130J Super Hercules, completing an order placed in December 2007.
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Northrop Grumman to provide Fire Scout UAVs to Navy
The U.S. Navy has placed an order for three additional Northrop Grumman MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and one ground control station. The order is valued at $25.7 million.
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PRODUCTS OF THE WEEK |
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3U VPX rugged graphics board with NVIDIA CUDA GPGPU for military embedded systems introduced by GE
GE Intelligent Platforms in Huntsville, Ala., is introducing the GRA112 3U VPX rugged graphics board for demanding graphical applications that require a general-purpose graphics processing unit (GPGPU), such as intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR), radar, and sonar.
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RF and microwave amplifiers and mixers for military sensors and SATCOM introduced by Hittite
Hittite Microwave Corp. in Chelmsford, Mass., is introducing two RF and microwave amplifiers and three mixers for microwave & millimeter wave radios, military sensors, test & measurement equipment, and satellite communications (SATCOM) applications operating at frequencies from 24 to 46.5 GHz.
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Water-resistant Ethernet connectors for harsh outdoor environments introduced by CONEC
American CONEC Corp. in Garner, N.C., is introducing water-resistant Ethernet I/O port connectors with a special flange-mount for deployment in harsh environments such as security and surveillance equipment, GPS systems, communications, industrial machinery, and test and measurement equipment.
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Radiation-hardened DC-DC converter for orbital and deep-space applications introduced by VPT
VPT Inc. in Blacksburg, Va., is introducing the SVGA0515 series point of load DC-DC converter for use in the extreme environment of space. VPT experts have qualified the SVGA0515 to MIL-PRF-38534 Class H and Class K.
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