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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MARIANA IRIARTE, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR 
 
The top avionics stories of the year focused on different aspects of aerospace applications with articles that reviewed the tactical advantage to the warfighter via the use of synthetic vision and how reliability and flexibility in the design process are key.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
JOHN MCHALE, EDITORIAL DIRECTOR
 
This month we discuss the technology game changers of 2017, the military commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) market, the Trump administration's military technology funding, and predictions for next year and beyond.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Great River Technology
 
 
 
 
 
 
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AVIATION MAINTENANCE MAGAZINE
 
The AEE (Avionics and Flight Ops) Conference Committee recently met to discuss the abstracts submitted for the conference programme and set the conference topics and agenda for the 2018 event.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
MARIANA IRIARTE, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR
 
U.S. Air Force officials tapped Curtiss-Wright Corp. for a a five-year indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract valued at $86 million to provide its aerospace instrumentation technology for use on the High Speed Data Acquisition System (HSDAS) program at the Edwards Air Force Base (AFB) - Air Force Test Center (AFTC) .
 
 
 
 
 
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MARIANA IRIARTE, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR
 
Officials at Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) tapped Rockwell Collins to provide support for the Robins Air Force Base maintenance depot under a $22 million contract.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Abaco Systems
 
 
 
 
 
 
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MARIANA IRIARTE, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR
 
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officials selected Raytheon to complete the development of the agency's Collaborative Operations in Denied Environment (CODE) program during Phase 3.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
RODGER HOSKING, PENTEK, INC.
 
Advances in optical interface technology boost performance levels to help meet increasing data rates and signal bandwidths. New specifications define how to deploy these optical links within open industry standards, affording improved interoperability and supporting future upgrades.
 
 
 
 
 
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LISA DAIGLE, ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR
 
Marvin Test Solutions, Inc. -- which manufactures globally-deployed test solutions for military, aerospace, and manufacturing organizations -- announced that it is a member of the BAE Systems-led team that won the U.S. Air Force Bomber Armament Tester (BAT) program competition in late 2017.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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DAVID JENSEN, AVIATION MAINTENANCE MAGAZINE
 
What advantages exist for a maintenance-training center closely associated with an OEM? A newly established academy next door to Textron Aviation is set to provide an answer.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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LISA DAIGLE, ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR
 
Defense and security company Saab and research-focused institution Nanyang Technological University Singapore (NTU Singapore) have signed a five-year master research collaboration agreement.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mercury Systems
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
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MARIANA IRIARTE, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR
 
State Department officials approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to Oman of items and services to support an incremental Operational Flight Profile (OFP) software upgrade for F-16 subsystems, as well as Identification Friend or Foe (IFF), and secure communications equipment for Mode 5 operations for an estimated cost of $62 million.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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AVIATION MAINTENANCE MAGAZINE
 
The Boeing Company and Embraer confirmed the two companies are engaged in discussions regarding a potential combination, the basis of which remains under discussion.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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LISA DAIGLE, ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR
 
Officials at the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) announced a $255.3 million contract agreement with Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems (San Diego) for three additional MQ-4C Triton unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
MARIANA IRIARTE, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR
 
Officials at the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) granted Boeing's KC-46 tanker program an Amended Type Certificate (ATC) for its core 767-2C aircraft configuration, verifying that the fundamental design of the KC-46 tanker is safe and reliable.
 
 
 
 
 
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MARIANA IRIARTE, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR
 
Aurora Flight Sciences will continue the development of the Orion Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) under a new U.S. Air Force contract valued at $48 million.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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