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Military Aviation News September 20, 2012

Northrop Grumman Awarded Contract to Develop Navigation System for the U.S. Navy’s Super Hornet and Growler Aircraft

Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a competitive prototyping contract by The Boeing Company to develop an embedded global positioning/inertial navigation system (EGI) for the…

General Aviation News June 27, 2012

Integrated Global Navigation Satellite System Certified on Fokker 70 and Fokker 100 aircraft

Fokker Services announces the successful certification of the integrated Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) for the Fokker 100 and Fokker 70 aircraft. On Wednesday June…

Space News April 30, 2012

China launches two navigation satellites

China successfully launched two satellites into space at 4:50 am Beijing Time Monday, the 12th and 13th satellites for its Beidou global navigation and positioning…

Military Aviation News February 28, 2012

Northrop Grumman to Upgrade Software for the LN-251 Navigation System on the CH-53K Helicopter

Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a Phase II contract by the U.S. Navy to modify existing software for the LN-251 embedded GPS/fiber-optic inertial navigation system…

Space News October 21, 2011

Russian carrier rocket launched from Kourou, carrying two Galileo navigation system satellites

A Russian Soyuz-ST carrier rocket was launched on Friday for the first time from the Kourou launch site in French Guiana. The rocket is carrying…

Civilian aviation news October 5, 2011

Boeing and Lion Air Pioneer Precision Satellite Navigation Technology

RNP debuts in South Asia for capacity, safety and environmental benefits. Boeing and Lion Air, an all-Boeing Next-Generation 737 operator, are pioneering the use of…

Space News September 2, 2011

Lockheed Martin Recreates STORRM in Earthbound Lab

Denver, September 2nd, 2011 — Lockheed Martinâ€™s [NYSE:LMT] state-of-the-art Space Operations Simulation Center (SOSC) has completed its first orbital simulation test with hardware and data…

Military Aviation News June 7, 2011

Boeing Awarded Contract to Upgrade E-4B Cockpits

4 National Command Authority aircraft to receive Communications Navigation Surveillance/Air Traffic Management upgrade WICHITA, Kan., June 7, 2011 — The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today…

Space News May 30, 2011

NASA, Lockheed Martin & Ball Aerospace Team Complete On-Orbit Orion MPCV Navigation System Test During STS-134 Shuttle Mission

DENVER, May 30th, 2011 — In an unprecedented on-orbit maneuver, Commander Mark Kelly completed the first ever Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV)-like approach to the…

Civilian aviation news October 26, 2009

Southwest’s RNP investment: Is $175 million

At least 115 737 Classics’ cockpits, ensuring its more than 320 737-700s are equipped to be Required Navigation Performance-capable, training its pilots and working with…

General Aviation News July 20, 2009

Raytheon Selected to Deliver GPS-Aided Indian Air Navigation System

WASHINGTON, July 20, 2009 /PRNewswire/ — The Indian Space Research Organization has awarded an $82 million contract to Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) to modernize the…

Military Aviation News February 16, 2009

Northrop Grumman to Provide Relative Navigation Software and Ethernet Access to Navigation System for Air Force Refueling Program

WOODLAND HILLS, Calif., Feb. 16, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Northrop Grumman Corporation’s (NYSE:NOC) relative navigation solution has been selected by the U.S. Air Force for…