Product intelligence -- Complex application software increasingly is finding its way into mission- and life-critical applications like medical equipment, surveillance and reconnaissance systems, and even high-end passenger cars. Despite the importance of this software, however, much of today's sophisticated code is developed in somewhat of a haphazard manner.

PARIS AIR SHOW BLOG, 23 June 2011. While there are many military aircraft on display from the U.S. and aroudn the world and the Eurofighter entertains the spectators with its aerial acrobatics, the Paris Air Show is all about the commercial jets.

DENVER, 14 Sept. 2010. A flying ISR laboratory developed by Lockheed Martin has demonstrated advanced capabilities to disseminate real-time intelligence data, including streaming video, imagery, and communications feeds to a ground station. Lockheed Martin's Airborne Multi-INT Laboratory (AML) flew several flights using previously collected data to demonstrate intelligence collection, analysis, processing, and dissemination.

FARNBOROUGH, England, 24 July 2010. Honeywell (NYSE: HON) announced that its Primus Apex integrated avionics suite has received Technical Standard Order (TSO) approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the new Viking Twin Otter Series 400 aircraft.

FARNBOROUGH, England, 23 July 2010. A few last-minute commercial passenger aircraft sales waited until the last minute to be announced Friday at the Farnborough International Airshow in Farnborough, England. As of noon local time at Farnborough Friday, 14 more passenger aircraft were ordered since the last report, which by rough count brings the total number of commercial aircraft sold during the show to 835. On Friday French carrier Air Austral ordered two Boeing 777-200LR widebody jetliners for delivery in mid-2011 and 2010. Air Austral already operates three 777-200ERs and two 777-300ERs. This deal brings total sales of widebody passenger jets at Farnborough to about 80.

FARNBOROUGH, England, 22 July 2010. L-3 Link Simulation & Training won a $21 million contract option to build a third F-16 Mission Training Center (MTC) suite. This contract option, received from the Aeronautical Systems Center's Training Systems Product Group at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, brings the total contract value on the program to $132.8 million. L-3 Link will build and deliver an F-16 MTC suite that includes four high-definition simulators. The Boeing Company will provide the instructor/operator stations and brief/debrief systems.

FARNBOROUGH, England 22 July 2010. Officials at Sikorsky Innovations in Stratford, Conn., unveiled an X2 Technology Light Tactical Helicopter (LTH) simulator. X2 Technology combines an integrated suite of technologies to advance the state-of-the-art, counter-rotating coaxial rotor helicopter. It is designed to demonstrate that a helicopter can cruise comfortably at 250 knots while retaining such attributes as excellent low-speed handling, efficient hovering, and a seamless and simple transition to high speed. 

THE FARNBOROUGH BLOG, 22 July 2010. The Eurofighter Typhoon is arguably one of the finest jet fighters in the world today. With air-to-air, and air-to-ground capability, advanced avionics, and unmatched maneuverability, this high-performance tactical jet is a favorite the air forces of Austria, Germany, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Spain, and the United Kingdom. Still the fighter jet and its makers find themselves in an awkward position when it comes to export sales.

THE FARNBOROUGH BLOG, 21 July 2010. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner was supposed to create the biggest buzz here at the Farnborough International Airshow in Farnborough, England. It flew in Sunday to great fanfare, and then flew out again halfway through Tuesday, leaving 3 1/3 days of one of the largest air shows in the world 787-less. Okay, I know this airplane is important. It's made of composites for fuel economy and range; has cabin environmental controls that promise to make long-haul passenger flights merely miserable, rather than horrible; it has very nice windows that darken on command; it's a lean, mean, green, environmental machine.

THE FARNBOROUGH BLOG, 20 July 2010. So we're finished with the first day of the Farnborough International Airshow, and we had some big aircraft sales, but not the big blowout in widebody aircraft that I had been expecting. More than 200 airplanes were sold at Farnborough on Monday, and 41 of those were widebodies -- Boeing 777s and Airbus A330s -- but I'm hoping for more. Experts say to watch the number of commercial passenger jets sold at Farnborough. If these numbers are in the hundreds, then we might have turned the corner on the aerospace economic downturn. We're nearly there, but just barely.

FARNBOROUGH, England, 20 July 2010. The first day of the Farnborough International Airshow in Farnborough, England, saw a flurry of passenger aircraft-buying activity, as four major commercial aircraft manufacturers announced purchases of 214 commercial jetliners -- 41 of them widebodies. Boeing and Airbus sold 207 of those aircraft at Farnborough Monday, which more than doubles their purchases at the Paris Air Show one year ago. Paris and Farnborough stage air shows on alternating years, and are two of the largest air shows in the world, which often see major aircraft purchases.

FARNBOROUGH, United Kingdom, 19 July 2010. Engineers at BAE Systems are debuting their next generation Headborne Energy Analysis and Diagnostic System (HEADS) helmet sensor during the Farnborough International Air Show.

FARNBOROUGH, England, 19 July 2010. Raytheon Company won a $55 million contract to deliver Tube-Launched, Optically-Tracked, Wireless-Guided (TOW) 2A Radio Frequency missiles to the U.S. government as part of a foreign military sale to Saudi Arabia's National Guard.

FARNBOROUGH, United Kingdom, 18 July 2010. The Gripen NG Demonstrator from Saab Aerospace will be displayed at the Farnborough International Airshow starting on Monday, 19 July and will be on static display until Friday 23 July.

FARNBOROUGH, England, 17 July 2010. European flight simulator designers are creating cost-effective full-motion flight simulators for helicopter pilots by using a heavy-duty industrial robot to provide motion to the simulator's cockpit. Simulation and training experts from helicopter services and training company Heli Aviation GmbH in Wallerstein, Germany; the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tübingen Germany; and industrial robot specialist KUKA in Augsburg, Germany, are designing a helicopter flight simulator called the Heli Trainer that uses a KUKA robot to move the simulator's cockpit as it emulates the motion of flight.

FARNBOROUGH, England, 16 July 2010. The TopOwl helmet mounted sight & display system (HMSD) from Thales Aerospace in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, is being deployed with French Forces in Afghanistan to provide night vision and targeting for Thales Tiger military helicopter pilots, the company is announcing at the Farnborough International Airshow July 19 to 23 in Farnborough, England. The Thales TopOwl offers conformal piloting symbology, dark night vision performance, and targeting together with comfort and fatigue reduction.

THE FARNBOROUGH BLOG, 14 July 2010. Some people go to air shows to see pretty aircraft interiors and the flight-demonstration teams. I go there to see the latest, meanest jet fighters screaming across the sky -- the louder, the better. I can't help it; I like big, loud machines. Like most guys, I'm really an eight-year-old at heart, so give me those fighter planes! Unfortunately for me, the Farnborough International Airshow next week will be a mixed bag for the fighter fan.