Avionics

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

Avionics

CMC’s receiver supports WAAS technology

CMC Electronics is displaying its latest aviation GPS receiver here at the show, incorporating wide-area augmentation system (WAAS) technology.
Avionics

Arinc Rides to Rescue of Collins eXchange

Rockwell Collins will be able to continue providing satellite broadband network service to its eXchange business aircraft customers thanks to a deal announ
Avionics

S-tec, Avidyne team on glass panel

A partnership between S-Tec and Avidyne offers King Air 200 operators a large-display glass cockpit/autopilot upgrade, with FAA supplemental type certifica
Avionics

S-Tec, Avidyne Gain STC for King Air Cockpits

The Alliant integrated avionics and autopilot suite received an STC for installation in the Beech King Air 200 during the NBAA Convention.
Avionics

Honeywell gives the world a glimpse into the future

Charles Lindbergh knew it, and every pilot who has come after him has known it, too: if only there were some way of seeing through the clouds, of turning a
Avionics

Movers & Shakers: AirCell dreams of a broadband revolution

In the months since AirCell won an FCC frequency-spectrum auction to provide wireless broadband connectivity to airplanes flying high above the continental
Avionics

Avidyne Introduces Datalink for General Aviation

Avidyne used the stage at Sun ’n’ Fun in Lakeland, Fla., last month to launch a suite of datalink services for general aviation.
Avionics

LABACE 2005: Flight display systems expands market to large aircraft

Flight Display Systems continued its push to gain entry into the large-aircraft market with its presence at the Latin American Business Aviation Conference
Accidents

Macedonian King Air accident shows value of TAWS

Analysis of last year’s fatal accident involving a King Air carrying Macedonian president Boris Trajkovski and others reinforces the value of the FAA’s req
Avionics

Cockpit upgrade STCs open floodgates

The scene at a recent aviation trade show illustrates perfectly what has become an industry-wide dilemma.
Avionics

Boeing Enlists Communications Firm To Develop Wireless EFB Technology

Boeing has selected Broadbeam, a New Jersey-based mobile communication specialist, to develop wireless electronic flight bag (EFB) technology for airlines.
Safety

FAA Issues Another Primus Epic AD

After publishing a series of airworthiness directives earlier this year aimed at operators of certain aircraft equipped with Honeywell Primus Epic avionics
Avionics

IR cited by some as a key to improving EMS safety

Since 1999, the North American aero-medical transport industry, particularly its helicopter EMS community, has become increasingly introspective regarding
Avionics

In an era of glass avionics, standbys sometimes ignored

Today’s highly capable glass cockpits certainly put old, round-dial standby instruments in the shade.
Aircraft

Eclipse's Solution: Eliminate Standby Instruments Altogether

Pilots checking out the flight deck of the Eclipse 500 may notice something missing.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Arinc and Telenor Launch AeroMobile Cellular Service

Preparing for the day when aircraft passengers are allowed to make cellphone calls in flight, Arinc and Telenor have created AeroMobile, a new service that
Aircraft

Raytheon Renames Garmin-equipped Piston Aircraft

Perhaps an indication of the sway Garmin has come to hold in the aviation industry, Raytheon last month announced a name change for the venerable Beech Bon
Avionics

Gulfstream G550 and G500 Awarded Broadband Hardware STC

Gulfstream has received a third STC for installation of high-speed Broad Band Multi-Link (BBML) data systems, this time in the ultra-long-range G550/G500.
Avionics

S-Tec putting final touches on new digital autopilot line

If company marketing executives have their way, expect a flurry of announcements from autopilot maker Meggitt/S-Tec in the coming months.
Avionics

Piper Bringing Avidyne Entegra Cockpit to Meridian Turboprop Single

The Piper Meridian turboprop single will soon receive a production-line upgrade to Avidyne’s Entegra cockpit as a replacement for the airplane’s original M
Avionics

Avidyne and Ryan Complete Merger

Avidyne and Ryan International last month announced the completion of a merger that folds Ryan’s traffic-surveillance products into the Avidyne avionics li
Aircraft

Embraer Picks Garmin’s G1000 Avionics for Its Phenom Twinjets

It was a close race, but in the end Brazilian airplane builder Embraer chose the Garmin G1000 avionics system for the company’s in-development very light j
Avionics

After Employee Buyout, Revue Thommen Makes Push into U.S.

A buyout earlier this year by senior company executives has triggered Swiss aircraft instrument maker Revue Thommen’s aggressive entry into the U.S.
Avionics

Bombardier gains OK for EVS in Global line

Bombardier has received FAA, Transport Canada and European certification for the enhanced-vision system (EVS) developed for its Global line of business jet
Avionics

AirCell’s Axxess suite promises flexibility

AirCell last month formally launched Axxess, its next-generation airborne telecommunication system developed for installation aboard medium to large busine
Avionics

Iridium Doubles Growth in Aviation Markets

Iridium said the number of aircraft fitted with its satellite communications equipment has grown by more than 100 percent in the last year.
Avionics

Arinc Studying Antenna Designs for SkyLink Services in Midsize Jets

The ability to surf the Internet at broadband speeds aboard midsize business jets took a step closer to reality last month with Arinc’s announcement that i
Avionics

Satcom Direct Demonstrates SwiftBroadband Capabilities

Satellite communications service provider Satcom Direct gave live demonstrations of Inmarsat’s broadband global area network (BGAN) land mobile technology
Avionics

Kollsman touts low-cost HUD and glass cockpit

Kollsman, a subsidiary of Elbit Systems of Israel, has introduced a low-cost head-up display and integrated glass cockpit concept that the company said cou
Avionics

Sandel unveils new electronic display line

Sandel Avionics has introduced two new four-inch cockpit displays that are intended to serve as an electronic replacement HSI or ADI and include additional