Avionics

New developments and products in avionics, specifically about aircraft electronics in the cockpit.

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Honeywell To Support 3-D Vision System

Honeywell last month signed a deal to license VistaNav 3-D synthetic vision from Mercury Computer Systems and will thus assume sales and support of the Vis
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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Avionics Update: Thales throws hat into EVS ring

Thales Avionics, the French firm that changed its name from Sextant Avionique last year, announced last month that it will design and certify an enhanced v
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Avionics Update: Qualcomm demonstrates live video conferencing

Wireless communications company Qualcomm last month put on an impressive demonstration of its medium data rate satcom system (MDSS) on the show floor at NB
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Avionics Update: EMS Technologies brings high-speed data to MagnaStar phones

Los Angeles-based Teledyne Controls announced an agreement with satcom antenna maker EMS Technologies to design and integrate a high-speed data terminal fo
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Avionics Update: Talk is cheap with Blue Sky Network satcom

San Diego-based Blue Sky Network, a developer of low-cost airborne voice and data satcom services for business aviation, now expects to have its first satc
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Avionics Update: Garmin developing integrated cockpit

Garmin has made a name for itself in aviation in the last decade by developing a popular lineup of navigation and communication equipment for GA aircraft.
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Avionics Update: Connexion future uncertain as airlines back out

Boeing’s planned Connexion airborne broadband data service was dealt a damaging blow last month when its three largest customers–American Airlines, Delta A
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Avionics Update: Collins starts trials of Challenger 601 with retrofit Pro Line 21

A Challenger 601 equipped with the Pro Line 21 Continuum avionics system from Rockwell Collins has completed initial flight tests, said the company.
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Collins proves Cat III-capable MLS for its multi-mode receiver

Rockwell Collins announced the successful completion of microwave landing system (MLS) Category IIIb approach tests in the U.S.
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Honeywell digital radios set to make bizav debut

Honeywell’s aerospace electronic systems group is beginning the year by unveiling new technology that holds the promise of doing to conventional navcom rad
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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
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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
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Washington Report: New convective wx tool goes online

The National Convective Weather Forecast (NCWF), which combines National Weather Service (NWS) radar mosaics and cloud-to-ground lightning data into a
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Learjet 85 gets Pro Line Fusion avionics and European launch customer

Zurich-based ExecuJet signed for six Bombardier Learjet 85 midsize jets, making the executive aircraft sales, charter, completions and mainte
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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
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Convention Clips: Flight Explorer makes debut on the flight deck

In a preview of what the FAA has in store for pilots with the introduction of Free Flight, a new “wireless to the cockpit” aircraft situation display is in
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Convention Clips: FlightView update allows aircraft tagging

Boston-based RLM Software previewed a version of its FlightView flight-tracking software used by operations professionals at corporate aviation departments
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L-3 SmartDeck Gets TSO and STC OKs

L-3 Avionics received TSO and STC approval from the FAA for its SmartDeck integrated avionics system.
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Swift64 promises ISDN speed for airborne Web connections

The first commercially available airborne Internet link for business jets has arrived in the form of Swift64, a global satcom data service from Inmarsat de
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eFlight transforms aircraft into information nerve centers

Rockwell Collins announced that it is embarking on a mission to turn the cockpits and passenger compartments of business airplanes and regional airliners i
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Avionics Update: Collins Pro Line 21 Continuum certified in Citation III

Rockwell Collins announced that its Pro Line 21 Continuum retrofit cockpit system has been certified in the Cessna Citation III, bringing to six the total
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Avionics Update: Collins tests first multi-mode microwave receiver

The first fully integrated multi-mode receiver (MMR) for use with microwave landing systems completed a series of successful test flights recently.