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Regulations and Government
FAA drafts a plan for the future
Saying aviation faces the “one-two-three punch” of terrorism, ATC modernization requirements and tenuous global economic conditions, the FAA has drafted an
Aircraft
Boeing gives green light to heavy-lift airship project
Boeing has teamed with a Canadian firm to develop a massive commercial airship capable of lifting an 80,000-pound load and carrying it up to 200 miles.
Regulations and Government
Congressman decries DRVSM
Charter operators and flight departments that are still searching for ways to cope with the FAA’s proposal to implement domestic reduced vertical separatio
Honeywell signs Airbus, Thales and Boeing deals
Airbus has inked a contract with Honeywell to upgrade the wingtip navigation lights on the A320 family with light-emitting diode (LED) technology.
Avionics
Avionics Update: Teledyne acquires Spirent business unit
Teledyne Technologies, the parent company of Teledyne Controls and Teledyne Continental Motors, last month closed a deal to buy Spirent’s Aviation Informat
Avionics
Avionics Update: Patent approval boosts AirCell's in-flight cellphone concept
AirCell, the Louisville, Colo.
ATC
Avionics Update: Arinc's digital ATIS package aimed at smaller airports
You’ve probably never given it much thought, but recording and updating those ATIS voice messages is a royal pain in the neck for controllers.
Avionics
Avionics Update: Avidyne demonstrates Nexcom digital radio
As part of the FAA’s Nexcom initiative to develop next-generation digital datalink radios for general aviation, Avidyne last month announced it has success
Avionics
Avionics Update: OPSAT secures blanket approval for WAAS navigator
The FAA has issued a technical standard order and blanket installation approval covering 850 aircraft models for the CNX80 all-in-one GPS navcom from Salem
Avionics
Avionics Update: Garmin G1000 cockpit makes debut at Oshkosh
The wraps officially came off Garmin’s new G1000 integrated avionics system late last month at the Experimental Aircraft Association’s AirVenture airshow i
Aircraft
Improving air safety by thinking inside the box
It is impossible to ignore the role technology has played in making the art of powered, heavier-than-air flight incrementally safer for the successive gene
Avionics
Technical hurdles delay Primus Epic program
Ongoing software integration problems are forcing at least two airframe manufacturers into the unenviable position of having to stretch aircraft certificat
Regulations and Government
Getting started: The road to RVSM approval
The following is a list of steps operators will need to complete to gain RVSM approval.
Regulations and Government
As DRVSM deadline nears, compliance pressure grows
In spite of the near panic the subject of DRVSM creates in some flight departments, it may come as a surprise that the FAA lists only three things an opera
Avionics
Firms seek Learjet 25 RVSM OK
After completing all the necessary test flights in a late-model Learjet 25D this past spring, Avcon Industries now anticipates receipt this month of an STC
Avionics
The search is on for 10 most challenging approaches in America
Switzerland has the notoriously difficult approach over the mountains into Lugano Airport.
Avionics
Chelton Group continues buying spree, rapid growth
You’ll have to forgive Geoffrey Cooper if he can’t immediately bring to mind the exact number of companies he is responsible for overseeing.
Training and Workforce
Avionics Update: Honeywell, FlightSafety bring Primus Epic to the classroom
To serve as a training aid for pilots who are about to strap into Dassault’s new Falcon 900EX with the Primus Epic EASy cockpit, Honeywell and FlightSafety
Avionics
Avionics Update: Software problems delay Embraer 170 certification
Embraer and Honeywell are facing challenges related to software problems that have forced the Brazilian airplane manufacturer to delay certification and in
Avionics
Avionics Update: Pro Line 21 certified for Challenger 300
At last month’s Paris Air Show, Rockwell Collins announced certification by U.S.
Training and Workforce
European Mustang Pilots Start FlightSafety Training
The first batch of Cessna Citation Mustang pilots started initial training last month at FlightSafety’s Farn-borough Learning Center.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
UAV technology could bring FBW to light airplanes
A company that supplies high-tech, fault-resistant databus components for the Airbus A380 and Boeing 787 has launched a research project aimed at bringing
Avionics
Inmarsat’s SwiftBroadband up and running for bizjets
Inmarsat’s SwiftBroadband satellite Internet service is available so far on only a handful of business jets, and one of them was parked at TAG Aviation thr
Avionics
WSI service gives enhanced weather data
WSI has put the finishing touches on a new interactive map section for its Pilotbrief Online weather service that offers an array of content features and f
Avionics
Cessna Sets a Price for SVT in the Skylane: Free
After Diamond Aircraft announced that the synthetic-vision technology (SVT) upgrade for the DA40 piston single would be priced at $9,995, pilots of single-
Avionics
Barco Boosts U.S. Presence
The FAA has granted avionics display provider Barco FAR Part 145 repair station authorization at the Belgium company’s service center in Duluth, Ga.
Avionics
Chelton Receives European Approval for Synthetic Vision
Chelton Flight Systems of Boise, Idaho, last month received European Aviation Safety Agency approval for its FlightLogic avionics system for use in the Bel
Avionics
ICG Delivers Iridium Data Units
International Communications Group of Newport News, Va., said it has started deliveries of the NxtLink 120A and 220A Iridium communications systems.
Avionics
Cockpit Avionics
One of the more recent entrants into the market for integrated cockpit systems has emerged as the industry’s most prolific.
