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Avionics

Cobham HeliSAS Earns TSO

The FAA has issued a technical standard order to Cobham for its HeliSAS stability-and-
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
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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
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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
Avionics

ViaSat Names Broadband Hardware Resellers

ViaSat, a Carlsbad, Calif.
Avionics

Primus Elite adds features to Honeywell avionics suite

The Legacy 650, the newest addition to Embraer’s growing choice of business j
Avionics

HGS-6250 OK’d on G450, G550

Rockwell Collins announced that its HGS-6250 head-up guidance (Hud) system has been certified for the Gulfstream G450 and G550.
Avionics

Panasonic Intros Ku Broadband

Panasonic Avionics has introduced what it calls a “global communications suite” that is designed to provide head-of-state aircraft with the ultimate in air
Avionics

EMS Sky Connect Launches Forté

EMS Sky Connect introduced the Forté AirMail service last month, pitching it as giving passengers “pole-to-pole, anywhere-on-the-globe, unfettered in-fligh
Avionics

Sora Bundled Satcom System Bows

International Communications Group (ICG) has partnered with Cobham to develop a bundled Iridium and Inmarsat SwiftBroadband satellite communications system

Aviation apps find a calling on the iPhone

Apple hit a big milestone last month: its App Store officially surpassed 100,000 apps.

NBAA, AOPA Team on LBA Conferences

NBAA and AOPA will co-host a series of Light Business Airplane (LBA) conferences starting next year.
Avionics

Flight Options chooses Aircell Internet

Flight Options plans to equip most of its fleet of fractionally owned business jets with Aircell’s high-speed Internet system, a decision that will give th
Avionics

IS&S unveils Falcon 2000 Retrofit cockpit

Dassault has selected a cockpit upgrade from Exton, Pa.-based Innovative Solutions & Support that is designed to bring a host of advanced capabilities