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Avionics
Avionics Update: Dassault evaluating MaxVis enhanced vision concept
An official at Dassault Falcon Jet revealed to AIN last month that the French airframe maker is negotiating with MaxVis of Portland, Ore.,
AIA: backlogs for airliners will buoy industry during U.S. crisis
The hundreds of billions of dollars worth of airliner orders now on the books will help insulate aerospace manufacturing companies from the industry crisis
Weak dollar helps boost Cessna’s international sales
In spite of the sagging U.S.
Kun Peng orders five Embraer 190s
Chinese regional carrier Kun Peng Airlines has placed an order for five Embraer 190s in a deal that further sets the foothold the Brazilian manufacturer ha
Avionics
GA equipment suppliers hone strategies in face of slowdown
Given the recent sharp drop in shipments of GA piston-powered airplanes, it’s not surprising that some equipment suppliers have begun to look to other mark
Avionics
Cirrus brings Garmin cockpit to the SR22-G3
Cirrus Design’s partnership with Garmin on a “high-end” cockpit upgrade for the SR22-G3 called Cirrus Perspective is turning out to be a hit with buyers, n
Avionics
L-3's SmartDeck awaiting launch customer green light
The recent FAA approval of L-3 Avionics Systems’ SmartDeck integrated avionics system clears a path for integration of the cockpit into the production line
Avionics
SwiftBroadband set to make bizjet debut
After years of development and months of anticipation, Inmarsat’s SwiftBroadband satellite aeronautical data service is finally poised for takeoff.
Avionics
Avionics News Update: FDS secures cabin monitor PMAs
Flight Display Systems in Alpharetta, Ga., last month said the FAA has granted it parts manufacturing approval for three new cabin LCD monitors, an endorse
Avionics
Avionics News Update: FDS secures cabin monitor PMAs
Flight Display Systems in Alpharetta, Ga., last month said the FAA has granted it parts manufacturing approval for three new cabin LCD monitors, an endorse
Avionics
Avionics News Update: West Star gains STC for standby
West Star Aviation last month announced the receipt of an STC covering the installation of L-3 Avionics’ GH-3100 standby instrument and magnetometer in the
Avionics
Avionics News Update: Icom gains experience with OLEDs
OLED technology has been offered for the last couple of years in the small displays used in some business jet cabin management systems, but now Icom Americ
Aircraft
Emergency AD targets Eclipse thrust levers
The pilot of an Eclipse 500 pushed the throttles forward during a wind-shear encounter at Chicago Midway Airport last month with enough force to result in
Aircraft
Eclipse Developing Thrust Lever Software Fix
Eclipse Aviation said extra margin added to the Eclipse 500’s thrust lever forward range of motion should prevent the levers from being pushed beyond their
Aircraft
Eclipse 500 Operators Responding to Emergency AD
The FAA and Eclipse Aviation are awaiting the results of thrust-lever quadrant inspections on the more than 200 in-service Eclipse 500s before determining
NBAA 2001 assumes an all-new aura
Exhibitors who prepared to make big announcements in New Orleans last month were scrambling to draw up alternative plans in the weeks following NBAA's deci
Avionics
LCDs coming for Bombardier Globals
It looks as though LCD flight displays will be coming to the cockpit of Bombardier’s Global Express sooner than many thought.
Avionics
Cessna selects Collins HGS for Columbus
Rockwell Collins announced that Cessna has selected its HGS-6000 head-up guidance system for the Citation Columbus, set to debut as the Wichita manufacture
Avionics
Avionics News Update: ICG offers med monitoring link
International Communications Group (ICG) has created an interface between its NxtLink Iridium satellite communication systems and the Tempus remote medical
Avionics
Avionics News Update: eNfusion installation complete
Duncan Aviation said it has completed installation of an EMS Satcom eNfusion HSD-400 satellite communications system in a Bombardier Challenger 601-3R.
Avionics
Avionics News Update: Avidyne unveils Iridium transceiver
Avidyne introduced at EBACE in Geneva last month an Iridium-based satellite data transceiver that the company said can provide to customers in Europe in-fl
Avionics
Avionics News Update: Spectrum chooses Apex avionics
Spectrum Aeronautical last month announced the selection of Honeywell’s Primus Apex integrated avionics system for the all-composite S-40 Freedom midsize b
ATC
FMS limitations leave some operators unable to use LPVs
Although WAAS LPV (lateral precision with vertical guidance) approaches have been popping up at airports around the U.S.
Avionics
Aircraft Electronics Association Report
The Aircraft Electronics Association’s annual convention, held April 23 through 26 near Washington, D.C., served as a bustling venue for more than two doze
Avionics
Cockpit retrofits
The idea seems simple enough: give operators of aging business jets the opportunity to remove all of their old round gauges or cockpit CRT screens and repl
Avionics
Launch Date Uncertain for Third Inmarsat I4 Satellite
The failure of a Russian Proton rocket in March has thrown the schedule for the launch of Inmarsat’s third and final I4 communications satellite into quest
Aircraft
Aerion SSBJ by 2014 unlikely, despite 40 LOIs
Aerion is still hoping to convince an OEM partner to join it by the end of this year in its quest to build a supersonic business jet capable of sprinting f
Avionics
Thales chief commits to improve aviation security
From his Paris office thousands of miles away François Lureau was as horrified by what he saw on September 11 as the millions of Americans who watched on t
Avionics
CMC accelerates pace of enhanced vision testing
With the ink still fresh on the paperwork certifying the installation of the $500,000 enhanced vision system (EVS) from Gulfstream and Kollsman, rival avio
