Avionics Design
 
 
The Avionics Design monthly E-newsletter from the editorial staff of mil-embedded.com covers hardware and software avionics designs and certification issues in the commercial and military avionics markets in the U.S. and Europe via the Military Embedded Systems partnership with Aviation Maintenance magazine and the Aviation Electronics Europe show.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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SALLY COLE, SENIOR EDITOR
 
Shape-shifting, foldable drones are on the way, thanks to a team of researchers from the Robotics and Perceptions Group at the University of Zurich (UZH) and the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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RONEN ISAAC, MILSOURCE
 
In all mobile military and airborne platforms, the transition from mechanical systems to electronically controlled systems is taking place. As the electronics content continues to grow, so do the processing loads that happen on every platform. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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AVIATION MAINTENANCE MAGAZINE
 
UPS mechanics, their union, Teamsters 2727, and the company have ratified a five-year contract. They have been negotiating since 2013 and mechanics have not had a raise in that time.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mercury Systems
 
 
 
 
 
 
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MARIANA IRIARTE, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR
 
Boeing and Aerion are partnering to accelerate advancements in supersonic travel, officials announce.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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AVIATION MAINTENANCE MAGAZINE
 
Two Kenya Airways planes collided during positioning on Saturday at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi. The aircraft were undergoing maintenance, according to Kenya Civil Aviation Authority Director-General Gilbert Kibe. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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MARIANA IRIARTE, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR
 
CP Technologies -- formerly known as Chassis Plans -- received a contract to modernize and update the mission control computers in the Greek P-3B aircraft used by the Hellenic navy and air force.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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MARIANA IRIARTE, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR
 
Airbus Defense and Space officials selected Ampex Data Systems, a division of Delta Information Systems Inc., to supply TuffServ222 (TS222) Multichannel Video Recorders, in support of the Government of Canada’s Fixed-Wing Search and Rescue Aircraft Replacement (FWSAR) project.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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AVIATION MAINTENANCE MAGAZINE
 
Boeing and Safran have announced the name of their 50-50 joint-venture to design, build and service Auxiliary Power Units (APUs): Initium Aerospace.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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MARIANA IRIARTE, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR
 
Officials at Mercury Systems, inc. completed the acquisition of safety-critical avionics and mission computing solutions provider, GECO Avionics, LLC.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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MARIANA IRIARTE, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR 
 
Boeing signed a $2.4 billion production contract with the U.S. Navy for the development of the next 19 P-8A Poseidon aircraft.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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SALLY COLE, SENIOR EDITOR
 
A blisteringly fast threat that requires longer-range radars and space-based sensors looms on the horizon in the form of hypersonic vehicles and missiles.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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MARIANA IRIARTE, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR
 
Developer of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) Aeryon Labs Inc. has been acquired by FLIR Systems, Inc for $200 million.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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LISA DAIGLE, ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR
 
Collins Aerospace has been selected by Lockheed Martin to provide avionics for NASA's new X-59 Quiet Supersonic Technology (QueSST) aircraft; Lockheed Martin is developing the X-59 in order for NASA to collect data that could make supersonic commercial travel over land possible through low-sonic-boom technology.
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
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MARIANA IRIARTE, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR
 
Tactical Air Support, Inc. officials signed a contract with Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions -- a Curtiss-Wright business unit -- to provide a cockpit accessible rugged data recorder and a pre-integrated mission computer to upgrade its fleet of F-5AT Tiger II military supersonic tactical fighters.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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LISA DAIGLE, ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR
 
The global combat aircraft market is set for rapid growth, with the potential to reach revenues of $493.14 billion by 2026, according to a new market study by Frost & Sullivan, "Global Combat Aircraft Market, Forecast to 2026."
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
AerospaceTechWeek
 
 
 
 
 
 
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MARIANA IRIARTE, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR
 
M7 Aerospace LLC, a subsidiary of Elbit Systems of America, will provide an avionics refresh for the U.S. Air National Guard's RC-26B fixed-wing aircraft used for Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) operations..
 
 
 
 
 
 
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AVIATION MAINTENANCE MAGAZINE
 
Garmin International has gotten certification and is announcing availability of the G1000 NXi integrated flight deck upgrade for the Cessna Citation Mustang.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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MARIANA IRIARTE, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR
 
Core Avionics & Industrial (CoreAVI), Arm, North Atlantic Industries (NAI), and DDC-I partnered to deliver an integrated safety-critical display and Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) computing solution designed for next-generation avionics systems.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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