Avionics

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

Avionics

STC coming soon for Iris EVS

L-3 Avionics Systems anticipates gaining STC approval for its Iris enhanced-vision system (EVS) this month after the successful conclusion of flight testin
Avionics

Inmarsat’s SwiftBroadband Service Coming in 2006

Just as passengers were getting used to surfing the Web in flight over the Swift64 satellite datalink, Inmarsat spelled out plans for the next generation o
Avionics

CMC Electronics Sells Infrared Unit to L-3 Communications

Montreal-based CMC Electronics has agreed to sell its Cincinnati Electronics business unit to L-3 Communications for $172 million in cash, while simultaneo
ATC

No European Mandate Foreseen for PRnav

As news about precision area navigation (more commonly referred to as PRnav) in Europe starts showing up in the aviation press, chief pilots and maintenanc
Avionics

Lufthansa Technik Taps Thrane & Thrane for Cabin Datalink

Engineers from Lufthansa Technik and Thrane & Thrane have jointly developed a new mobile access router as a key component of Lufthansa Technik’s networ
Avionics

Questions Remain over Who Will Provide Standard Ae270 Cockpit

Ibis Aerospace has selected Honeywell’s Apex glass cockpit for the Ae270 turboprop single, but it is still unclear whether the avionics will be standard or
ATC

BBJ’s FANS flight marks a first for a business jet

A Boeing Business Jet heading to Geneva for the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE) in late May marked a notable milestone by becomi
Avionics

Connexion is coming to super-midsize airplanes

Engineers from Rockwell Collins are immersed in the task of redesigning a satellite direct TV antenna to bring Boeing’s broadband Connexion service to supe
Avionics

Chelton cockpit upgrade gives new life to old jets

The Cessna Citation 501 has served nobly in a variety of roles over the course of the last three decades.
Avionics

Federal Express makes major commitment for HUD and EVS

In the world’s first major commitment to head-up display and enhanced vision technology by a civil operator, Federal Express announced late last year that
Avionics

Much more than just charts, Jeppesen delivers the weather

Back in the early 1930s, when Capt.
Avionics

CMC’s pilot-friendly EFB features FMS-style keys

CMC Electronics has introduced the CMA-1100, a handheld electronic flight bag (EFB) computer for the cockpit that fills a gap between off-the-shelf tablet
Avionics

Avidyne picks XM Satellite Weather

Avidyne has selected XM WX Satellite Weather to provide broadcast datalink weather for the avionics maker’s FlightMax EX500 multifunction displays and Flig
Avionics

Arinc, Telenor announce ‘mobile in the sky’ plan

Will passengers flying on business jets and airliners really ever be able to use their personal cellphones to make and receive calls in flight? There is ev
Avionics

EGPWS Standard on S-76s, S-92s

Sikorsky plans to make Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning Systems (EGPWS) standard equipment on all future production S-76s and S-92s.
Aircraft

Butler an bizjet target Learjet 20s for RVSM

The worldwide fleet of approximately 500 Learjet 20-series aircraft is the target for an RVSM solution offered by Olathe, Kan.-based Butler National.
Avionics

MagnaStar To Remain on the Air through End 2008

Verizon Airfone has sent letters to customers informing them that the MagnaStar air-to-ground phone service will stay on the air until at least the end of
Regulations and Government

Coming DRVSM crunch could extend LOA delays

The road to RVSM approval can be as smooth as a ribbon of freshly laid desert highway or as rough as a rock-strewn forest switchback.
Avionics

SATS sitting pretty as NASA begins field demos

Just as very light jets are on the verge of joining the new generation of general aviation aircraft produced by Cirrus and Lancair, NASA has begun field de
Avionics

2000EX EASy flight deck OK’d by EASA and FAA

Dassault’s Falcon 2000EX EASy received certification by both the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the FAA last month.
Dassault contracted
Avionics

Sagem Avionics Bows In at Helicopter Show

The merger of two small avionics firms, Sfim and Arnav, has led to the creation of Sagem Avionics, a Grand Prairie, Texas-based company with about 50 emplo
Avionics

Thales Scuttles Takeover Rumor

Danis Ranque, CEO of European electronics conglomerate Thales, insisted last month that the company is not likely to be the object of a merger or takeover,
ATC

Business Jet Operators Begin Sending Flight-intent Data to ATC

A handful of business aircraft operators have started transmitting flight-intent data to the FAA’s ATC System Command Center in Herndon, Va.
Aircraft

Dallas Company Developing Gulfstream II/III RVSM Package

Dallas-based Business Jet Technologies is teaming with Shadin and AeroMech to develop an RVSM equipment package for Gulfstream IIs and IIIs.
Avionics

RVSM Price Quotes Added to Online Search Site

Avquotes.com recently added RVSM modifications to its online aviation maintenance and refurbishment quote system.
Avionics

Canadian Firm Upgrades Challenger with Universal Cockpit

Mid-Canada Mod Center has obtained an STC for a complete cockpit upgrade of a Challenger 601-1A with gear from Universal Avionics.
Avionics

Many planning to forego domestic RVSM upgrade

Just about everything written so far about domestic RVSM seems to be focused on ways operators can comply with the upcoming requirements by next year’s Jan
Regulations and Government

FAA turns a blind eye to the ELT debacle

Although the FAA warned business jet operators that there was no way it could extend a January 1 deadline for installation of emergency locator transmitter
ATC

FAA plans first ADS-B operations by end of 2004

If asked today for their views about automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B), many pilots might respond that it was developed to meet the unique
Avionics

Honeywell targets its low-cost KMD 250 at business aviation

Sometimes the simplest ideas turn out to be the best ones.