Avionics

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

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Spirent Introduces Customizable Aircraft Server

Wichita-based Spirent Systems last month announced that the FAA awarded its latest aircraft file server–a PC running the Windows NT operating system–an STC

Avionics

January 14, 2008

Lufthansa Starts Connexion Trials

Boeing’s new Connexion satellite Internet service last month began operating in revenue passenger service aboard a Lufthansa Boeing 747-400 flying daily be

Avionics

January 14, 2008

Globalstar-based Satcom System Makes Debut

Northern Airborne Technology, a British Columbia-based subsidiary of the Chelton Group, last month introduced a lightweight satcom system that routes calls

Avionics

January 14, 2008

It’s getting easier to find deals on RVSM upgrades

As deadlines for domestic and expanded international reduced vertical separation minimum airspace draw nearer, more and more opportunities are popping up f

Avionics

January 14, 2008

Videos

Europeans catching up with WAAS, GPS

While EGNOS, SBAS, GBAS and Galileo may be unfamiliar to most North American aviators, they are key elements in Europe’s determined move to a satellite air

Avionics

January 14, 2008

Eurocopter’s talking more than just weather

Eurocopter’s “all-weather helicopter” (AWH) demonstrator has flown from the manufacturer’s headquarters in Marignane, France.

Avionics

January 14, 2008

SkyTrac satellite-based tracking spans the globe

The combination of GPS position, digital communications networks and the Internet has made possible–and affordable–a variety of products and services for c

Avionics

January 14, 2008

Honeywell, ACSS will settle suit out of court

Honeywell and ACSS have agreed to let a private arbitrator resolve their ongoing legal dispute over EGPWS patents.

Avionics

January 11, 2008

Cockpit automation is still very much a work in progress

“One of the myths about the impact of automation on human performance is that as the investment in automation increases, the investment needed in human exp

Avionics

January 11, 2008

Revised TSO adds class-C TAWS

Technical standard orders for terrain awareness and warning systems (TAWS) have been revised as TSO C151b, which includes a new class-C category intended f

Avionics

January 10, 2008

Paperless Cockpit Unveils Low-cost EFB

Paperless Cockpit, a Germantown, Conn.

Avionics

January 10, 2008

Meggitt Digital Autopilot Gains STC in Cessna 441

Autopilot maker Meggitt/S-Tec has obtained an STC for installations of its new Magic 2100 digital flight-control system in the Cessna 441.

Avionics

January 10, 2008

Falcon 50 Cockpit Retrofit from Universal Avionics Gains STC

A five-display upgrade for the Falcon 50 has been STC’d, according to Universal Avionics, developer of the retrofit package.

Avionics

January 9, 2008

Sirius Satellite Radio Takes to the Skies

Southern California-based Avionics Innovations plans to introduce a Sirius Satellite Radio receiver system for aircraft, similar to the product it is desig

Avionics

January 9, 2008

Honeywell Adds to Multifunction Display Family with Low-end KMD 250

Honeywell has introduced a new low-cost multifunction display that brings to non-radar-equipped piston aircraft the functionality of the company’s Bendix/K

Avionics

January 9, 2008

Garmin Introduces GPS Fault-detection Software for GNS 430/530

Garmin announced the availability of fault-detection and exclusion (FDE) software for its GNS 430/530 GPS/navcom radios.

Avionics

January 9, 2008

Rockwell Collins Certifies First MLS-capable Multi-mode Receiver

Rockwell Collins has gained the first-ever TSO approval for a multi-mode receiver with microwave landing system (MLS) capability.

Avionics

January 9, 2008

Eastman Kodak OLED Display Takes Top Industry Award

The latest Display of the Year Gold Award, presented last month by the Society for Information Display (the display industry’s version of NBAA), went to Ea

Avionics

January 9, 2008

Bitter fight over EGPWS patents triggers full-scale war of words

The legal battle over EGPWS patents between Honeywell and competing manufacturers of TAWS avionics has stretched the limits of civil debate as executives o

Avionics

January 9, 2008

Thales study of fly-by-wire may appeal to Bombardier

Thales Avionics Canada has directed its engineering staff to accelerate design work on a fly-by-wire (FBW) flight-control system, enhanced vision system (E

Avionics

January 9, 2008

Avionics

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

Latest

Spirent Introduces Customizable Aircraft Server

Wichita-based Spirent Systems last month announced that the FAA awarded its latest aircraft file server–a PC running the Windows NT operating system–an STC

Lufthansa Starts Connexion Trials

Boeing’s new Connexion satellite Internet service last month began operating in revenue passenger service aboard a Lufthansa Boeing 747-400 flying daily be

Globalstar-based Satcom System Makes Debut

Northern Airborne Technology, a British Columbia-based subsidiary of the Chelton Group, last month introduced a lightweight satcom system that routes calls

It’s getting easier to find deals on RVSM upgrades

As deadlines for domestic and expanded international reduced vertical separation minimum airspace draw nearer, more and more opportunities are popping up f

Videos

More Articles

Europeans catching up with WAAS, GPS

While EGNOS, SBAS, GBAS and Galileo may be unfamiliar to most North American aviators, they are key elements in Europe’s determined move to a satellite air

Eurocopter’s talking more than just weather

Eurocopter’s “all-weather helicopter” (AWH) demonstrator has flown from the manufacturer’s headquarters in Marignane, France.

SkyTrac satellite-based tracking spans the globe

The combination of GPS position, digital communications networks and the Internet has made possible–and affordable–a variety of products and services for c

Honeywell, ACSS will settle suit out of court

Honeywell and ACSS have agreed to let a private arbitrator resolve their ongoing legal dispute over EGPWS patents.

Cockpit automation is still very much a work in progress

“One of the myths about the impact of automation on human performance is that as the investment in automation increases, the investment needed in human exp

Revised TSO adds class-C TAWS

Technical standard orders for terrain awareness and warning systems (TAWS) have been revised as TSO C151b, which includes a new class-C category intended f

Paperless Cockpit Unveils Low-cost EFB

Paperless Cockpit, a Germantown, Conn.

Meggitt Digital Autopilot Gains STC in Cessna 441

Autopilot maker Meggitt/S-Tec has obtained an STC for installations of its new Magic 2100 digital flight-control system in the Cessna 441.

Falcon 50 Cockpit Retrofit from Universal Avionics Gains STC

A five-display upgrade for the Falcon 50 has been STC’d, according to Universal Avionics, developer of the retrofit package.

Sirius Satellite Radio Takes to the Skies

Southern California-based Avionics Innovations plans to introduce a Sirius Satellite Radio receiver system for aircraft, similar to the product it is desig

Honeywell Adds to Multifunction Display Family with Low-end KMD 250

Honeywell has introduced a new low-cost multifunction display that brings to non-radar-equipped piston aircraft the functionality of the company’s Bendix/K

Garmin Introduces GPS Fault-detection Software for GNS 430/530

Garmin announced the availability of fault-detection and exclusion (FDE) software for its GNS 430/530 GPS/navcom radios.

Rockwell Collins Certifies First MLS-capable Multi-mode Receiver

Rockwell Collins has gained the first-ever TSO approval for a multi-mode receiver with microwave landing system (MLS) capability.

Eastman Kodak OLED Display Takes Top Industry Award

The latest Display of the Year Gold Award, presented last month by the Society for Information Display (the display industry’s version of NBAA), went to Ea

Bitter fight over EGPWS patents triggers full-scale war of words

The legal battle over EGPWS patents between Honeywell and competing manufacturers of TAWS avionics has stretched the limits of civil debate as executives o

Thales study of fly-by-wire may appeal to Bombardier

Thales Avionics Canada has directed its engineering staff to accelerate design work on a fly-by-wire (FBW) flight-control system, enhanced vision system (E

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