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C-MAP CHARTS USED BY U.S. NAVY October 3, 1996 C-Map.’s electronic charting display and information systems (ECDIS) units were used recently by five U.S. Navy aircraft carriers. The carriers also...

JPO AWARDS GPS KIT CONTRACT TO ALLIED SIGNAL October 3, 1996 Olathe, Kan.-based Allied Signal Avionics Inc. recently won a $1.9 million Navstar GPS Joint Program Office (JPO) contract for...

ROCKWELL AG UNIT GRABS $4.5 MILLION CONTRACT October 3, 1996 Rockwell Agriculture Systems [ROK] recently won a $4.5 million contract for a integrated sprayer control systems from Willmar, Minn.-based Willmar...

RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT MONTEK SIGNS DEAL WITH NCAA October 3, 1996 Raytheon Aircraft Montek Co. [RTN] recently signed a deal with the Norwegian Civil Aviation Administration (NCAA) to provide a DGPS...

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TRAVINFO PROJECT TESTS VEHICLE NAVIGATION UNITS IN BAY AREA October 3, 1996 SAN FRANCISCO–A new federally funded intelligent transportation system (ITS) project will allow companies to assess how mobile information...

ETAK NAMES KAWADA PRESIDENT AND CEO October 3, 1996 Menlo Park, Calif.-based Etak Inc. named Hirohito Kawada as president and CEO. Kawada, who has years of vehicle navigation experience, comes...

ROCKWELL NAMES COLE AS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR October 3, 1996 Rockwell International [ROK] recently named Craig Cole as business development director, Transit/Integrated Local Government Systems. Cole will help to develop...

HONEYWELL INC. NAMES UNIT PRESIDENT October 3, 1996 Honeywell’s [HON] Phoenix-based Space and Aviation Control business named Don Schwanz, who was vice president of the company’s Air Transport Systems, president....

MICROSOFT ROLLS OUT MAPPING PRODUCTS October 3, 1996 Microsoft Corp. [MSFT] recently put three new mapping products on the market. The software, part of the Automap line, has links to...