• DRS Technologies has received a $7 million contract to produce electro-optical/infrared sensors for the Honeywell Class I unmanned air vehicle for the US Army's Future Combat System.
  • CHC Helicopter subsidiary Heli-One and Airod will install Smiths autohover systems on six Malaysian air force Sikorsky S-61As under a C$13.3 million ($11.5 million) contract.
  • Northrop Grumman's LN-200 fibre-optical inertial measurement unit has been selected for the Sikorsky UH-60M fly-by-wire upgrade programme.
  • Arinc Engineering Services and Sabreliner have completed upgrades on two US Army Sikorsky VH-60s, under a contract to modify four VIP helicopters.
  • Meggitt Western Design has received a $3.1 million contract to design and manufacture a 20mm ammunition handling system for the US Marine Corps' Bell AH-1 Cobra attack helicopter fleet.
  • Northrop Grumman has won a contract worth up to $73 million to provide Radar System Improvement Program kits for Japan's four Boeing E-767 Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft.
  • Total Support Services (TSS), a strategic co-operation between Selex S&AS UK, Thales and Smiths, is to provide avionics support for Royal Navy and Royal Air Force EH Industries EH101 Merlin helicopters under subcontract to AgustaWestland.
  • The Australian government has signed a nine-year contract worth $201 million with Australian Aerospace for heavy maintenance of Royal Australian Air Force Lockheed Martin AP-3C Orion maritime patrol reconnaissance and strike aircraft.
  • Aerosonic has received a $7.5 million order from Korea Aerospace Industries to supply air data systems for T-50 supersonic training aircraft.
  • AAI Services has been awarded a $30.2 million contract by the US Air Force to produce two additional Boeing C-17 Globemaster III maintenance training systems.



Source: Flight International