Avionics

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

Avionics

FCC Grants Boeing Satellite License for ATC System

Boeing cleared a major hurdle in the development of its recently announced air-traffic management system after the Federal Communications Commission grante
Avionics

Trimble Sells Bizav Product Lines

The business and commuter aircraft products business of Trimble Navigation has been purchased by newly established FreeFlight Systems, a sister company of
Avionics

Honeywell IHAS 8000 Named Standard in King Air C90B

Honeywell announced that its Bendix/King IHAS 8000 integrated hazard avoidance system will be included as standard equipment in Raytheon Beech King Air C90
Avionics

AD in the Works To Correct Garmin GNS 430 Anomalies

The FAA is planning to issue an AD to address what it says are potential safety hazards with the popular Garmin GNS 430 combination GPS/navcom.
Avionics

3-D map makes bizav debut in Challenger 604 upgrade

Pilots are taught from the first day of flight training that flying an airplane is all about situational awareness–visualizing where they are in relation t
Avionics

Avionics Update: Eurocontrol delays upgraded mode-S implementation

Eurocontrol has decided to delay by two years the deadline for operators to install upgraded mode-S equipment to meet the agency’s so-called elementary sur
Avionics

After four years, opinions are mixed on Nav Canada-led ATC

Now halfway into its fifth year of operation as the world’s first fully privatized provider of air navigation services, Nav Canada today finds itself laude
Avionics

Avionics Update: Gulfstream selects Honeywell avionics systems for G300, G500

Honeywell will supply the integrated avionics systems for Gulfstream’s newest business jets, the G300 and G500.
Avionics

E-charts’ acceptance is growing, even by FAA

As the FAA continues to wrestle with the issue of whether to allow portable electronic devices to be used for viewing approach charts during commercial IFR
ATC

Will avionics makers be ready for inauguration of IFR WAAS?

The recent successful completion of a 60-day continuous performance test of the FAA’s wide-area augmentation system (WAAS) is expected to clear the way for
ATC

Avionics shops adjust to persistent downturn

In a down economy it usually makes sense to focus on the finer details of running a business.
Avionics

Cellphones may soon be approved for in-flight use

Passengers flying on the company jet may soon be allowed to use their personal cellphones to make and receive calls.

AirCell reports it is in th
Avionics

Flightman EFB introduced

Ireland-based Aircraft Management Technologies (AMT) launched a new electronic flight book system called Flightman.
Avionics

Wireless connectivity wave hits the aviation industry

Unless you’ve been living under a rock the past few years, you’ll know that barely a day passes without news that some nifty new method of accessing the In
Regulations and Government

Avionics Update: FAA prepares amendments to EFB advisory circular

Based on feedback it has received from pilots and operators, the FAA is said to be preparing a number of amendments to an earlier Advisory Circular (AC 120
Avionics

Avionics Update: Frost Navratil introduces remote EFB touchscreen

Houston-based Frost Navratil Technical Solutions, maker of the ApproachView family of class-2 EFBs, has introduced a remote touchscreen display for use wit
Avionics

Avionics Update: WAAS passes key 60-day test

The Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) successfully passed a critical 60-day test that prime contractor Raytheon said proves the reliability of the signa
Regulations and Government

Avionics Update: FAA planning first LPV approach procedures

The FAA is preparing publication of the first LPV (lateral precision with vertical guidance) approaches, a new type of precision approach procedure designe
Avionics

Avionics Update: Dassault selects TCAS supplier for Falcon 7X

Phoenix-based Aviation Communication & Surveillance Systems (ACSS) has been named the standard TCAS supplier for Dassault’s in-development Falcon 7X, a
Avionics

Avionics Update: Garmin introduces 16-watt com for business aviation

Having secured solid footing in GA markets, Garmin announced it is introducing a new 16-watt com version of its GNC 420, GNS 430 and GNS 530 moving-map nav
Regulations and Government

Avionics Update: FAA approves Collins HGS on regional aircraft

During the ERA assembly held last month in Salzburg, Austria, Rockwell Collins announced FAA certification of its HGS 4200 head-up guidance system (HGS) fo
Avionics

FAA is next in line to fly synthetic-vision cockpit

Universal Avionics, the Tucson, Ariz.
Training and Workforce

Finally, CD-ROM-based avionics training for PCs

The parallels that Howard Reisman sees between himself and John F.
Avionics

EVS market tightening as competing players emerge

MaxVis Inc., a new company established in Portland, Ore., has thrown its hat into the enhanced vision system (EVS) ring, where competition is heating up.
Avionics

J.A. Air Center Markets Ultimate Caravan Avionics Package

It may be easier to list what is not included in this avionics package for Cessna Caravan turboprop singles from J.A.
ATC

TAWS suit may be settled out of court

Honeywell’s legal dispute with ACSS over EGPWS patents may be on its way to a private arbitrator instead of a courtroom, if the sides can agree on terms.
Aircraft

Falcon 7X to fly with Rockwell Collins HUD

Dassault has settled on a new, smaller version of the Rockwell Collins Flight Dynamics HGS 4000 head-up display as an option for its 5,700-nm Falcon 7X tri
Safety

Obstacle avoidance system STC'd on Bell 212

Laval, Ontario-based Amphitech International received a limited STC for its Oasys helicopter obstacle avoidance radar as installed aboard the Bell 212.
Aircraft

Collins’ Pro Line 21 scores a coup on CJ3, G150 programs

Rockwell Collins emerged a winner at the NBAA Convention in Orlando, Fla., last month with the announcement that the Cedar Rapids, Iowa company’s Pro Line