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Avionics
Carlyle Seeking Buyer for Arinc
Private-equity firm Carlyle is reportedly seeking a buyer for aviation communications services company Arinc in a sale that could command as much as $1 bil
Avionics
Stevens Certifies Raas in Learjet 60
Stevens Aviation last month said it has gained an STC for installation of Honeywell’s runway awareness and advisory system (Raas) in the Learjet 60, adding
Avionics
TrueNorth Broadband Wins First STC
TrueNorth Avionics has gained the initial supplemental type certificate (STC) for its Simphone Global Broadband System, billed as a compact and low-cost hi
Airports
ACSS Change 7.1 Software Due Q4
Aviation Communications & Surveillance Systems (ACSS) said its recently certified Change 7.1 software update for the company’s TCAS 2000 and TCAS II tr
Regulations and Government
Legal Battle Between Cirrus and L-3 Heats Up
Cirrus Design has filed a lawsuit against L-3 Avionics Systems aimed at stopping the spread of scuttlebutt that Cirrus is teetering on the edge of bankrupt
Honoring Dick Friel: Missing but Never Forgotten
Friends and family honored the memory of Dick Friel, 76, the flashy and well-loved marketing executive for winglet maker Aviation Partners, with a missing-
Aircraft
Nextant selects Rockwell Collins Venue cabin system for 400Next
Nextant Aerospace has selected the Rockwell Collins Venue cabin management system for the interior of the Beechjet 400Next as part of a retrofit package th
ATC
ADS-B making life easier for Gulf helicopter pilots
Think working at New York Tracon is a tough job? Try heading down to the Gulf of Mexico, where controllers handle between 5,000 and 9,000 helicopter flight
Avionics
DeVos EC130 Flies with Max-Viz EVS-1500
One Sky Aviation, a maintenance and repair center based in Anchorage, Alaska, received an STC permitting installations of the Max-Viz EVS-1500 enhanced-vis
Avionics
Cobham HeliSAS Earns TSO
The FAA has issued a technical standard order to Cobham for its HeliSAS stability-and-
augmentation/autopilot system.
augmentation/autopilot system.
Avionics
Aircell ATG-5000 Debuts in Gulfstream G200
Aircell announced the first installation of its ATG 5000 high-speed Internet system aboard a California-based Gulfstream G200 operated by charter provider
Avionics
NZ-2000 users responding to FAA guidance
Business jet operators flying with Honeywell NZ-2000 flight management systems are responding to an FAA airworthiness bulletin describing a software glitch
Rotorcraft
Aspen targets Heli-Expo show
Aspen Avionics is exhibiting at this month’s Heli-Expo convention in Houston, marking the first time the six-year-old company has had a presence at a helic
Avionics
Twin Commander Gets Garmin G600
Naples Jet Center in Naples, Fla., last month performed a dual Garmin G600 panel refurbishment in a Twin Commander 1000 as part of a complete panel redesig
Regulations and Government
FAA Blasts OEMs for Rule Delay
The FAA has grudgingly agreed to delay certain portions of an original April 2010 compliance date requiring installation of cockpit voice recorders (CVR) a
Avionics
EMS Satcom Now Part of EMS Aviation
Recent acquisitions by EMS Technologies have created an identity problem for subsidiary EMS Satcom, based in Ottawa, Canada.
Bizav shines in Haitian earthquake relief effort
On the descent for landing in earthquake-ravaged Port-au-Prince, Haiti, the scene is about what you’d expect to find after violent natural forces–in this c
Avionics
EMS Satcom Now a Unit of EMS Aviation
Recent acquisitions by EMS Technologies have created an identity problem for subsidiary EMS Satcom of Ottawa, Canada.
AIN Rides Along on Honeywell Relief Flight to Haiti
A Honeywell Gulfstream G450 packed with medical supplies, aid workers and AIN editor Stephen Pope touched down at Port-au-Prince Airport yesterday a
Regulations and Government
FAA Blasts Manufacturers for CVR/FDR Rule Delay
The FAA has grudgingly agreed to delay certain portions of an original April 2010 compli
Avionics
Arinc Adds SkyLink/eXchange Connection to BBJ
Arinc last month completed the first integration and testing of an eXchange/SkyLink broadband Internet system aboard a Boeing Business Jet.
Avionics
Universal CVFDR Gains TSO, STC Approvals
The FAA last month issued an STC applicable to the King Air series for Universal Avionics’ new cockpit voice recorder, which is part of a lineup of five mo
Avionics
Collins HGS Approved for Lower Cat I Minimums
Certain head-up guidance systems produced by Rockwell Collins can now be used to fly to lower Category I ILS approach minimums after the company last month
Avionics
Garmin adds TCAS, TAS to its portfolio
It’s official: Garmin can now add to its list of avionics specialties the coveted title of TCAS maker.
Avionics
Passengers rave about Aircell’s 3G Internet
By anybody’s measure, the last year has been a big one for Aircell.
Avionics
Newsmakers 2009: FAA OKs field approvals for Waas LPV upgrades
Universal Avionics spent much of the last year working with FAA officials trying to come up with a way to upgrade the customers’ flight management systems
Newsmakers 2009: Alphabets and OEMs tackle negative portrayal of bizjets
The coordinated response by NBAA, GAMA and business jet manufacturers to critics who chose to make business aircraft a high-profile symbol of all that’s wr
Avionics
Hud/EVS OK imminent for Challenger 604
Elbit Systems of America said that the installation of the first head-up display (Hud) and Kollsman enhanced-vision system (EVS) combination in a Challenge
Avionics
Despite protests from Aircell, TrueNorth offers OpenCabin
A fight is brewing between TrueNorth Avionics of Ottawa, Canada, and Aircell, the creator of an air-to-ground broadband data network for aircraft, over a s
