Avionics

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

Avionics

Pilots, Maintenance Chiefs, Beancounters Love Connected Aircraft

With as much as 844 terabits of data per 12 flight hours, there is great potential for big data to benefit modern aircraft operations.
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Avionics

Esterline Showcases High Performance Avionics

In addition to Technology Demonstrator on display, U.S. company announces contracts with Airbus Helicopters and Pilatus
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U.S. Bizjet Fleet Not Keeping Pace with ADS-B Compliance

Based on its analysis, Duncan Aviation estimates nearly three-quarters of the U.S. fleet has yet to undergo the installation.
Avionics

Duncan Names New Aftermarket Program Administrator

Scott McKenzie will assume responsibility for the company's after market warranty programs on avionics from Honeywell, Rockwell Collins and Universal.
Avionics

Garmin G5 Digital DG/HSI Wins FAA AML-STC Approval

The 3.5-inch LCD unit can be used as a primary instrument for displaying magnetic heading, VOR/LOC guidance and/or GPS course guidance.
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Avionics

Collins Chief: No Evident Change in Bizav Market Demand

Company president and CEO Kelly Ortberg remains hopeful that business aviation will bottom out sometime next year.
Avionics

ForeFlight Performance Planning Goes Live

ForeFlight's new Performance Plus tier adds flight planning for high-performance aircraft.
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Nextant Aerospace's Next Act: the Challenger 604

The 604XT is being announced first as an avionics retrofit package, with more details to come in October about other potential improvements.
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Avionics

Universal’s LPV Payback Calculator Helps Support Avionics Upgrades

Knowing more precisely how much operators will save will help solidify the decision to re-equip
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Duncan Aviation Looking for European Business

U.S. MRO specialist is looking for European customers as it prepares to build a new MRO faciltiy in the U.S.
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Avionics

L3’s Display Simplifies Cockpit Upgrades

The L3 Aviation Products EFI-650 is TSO approved and installable via an approved model list supplement type certificate.
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Aircraft

Air Hamburg Is Launch Customer for Embraer Legacy 650E

Aircraft has upgraded Honeywell Primus Elite Advanced Features avionics suite with synthetic vision and autothrottles as standard equipment.
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Avionics

TrueNorth Adds Voice to Data Link Unit

The DLU-vox can be used for datalink communications via ACARS, ADS-C (contract), and CPDLC (controller-pilot datalink communications
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Avionics

RocketRoute Integrates Capabilities in Single App

New enhanced RocketRoute app takes capabilities beyond flight planning and fuel to add ground handlers/FBOs all within the same app.
Avionics

Pro Line Fusion Touchscreens Aim for Challenger 604 Cockpit

Rockwell Collins is developing an STC to upgrade the Challenger 604 to the Pro Line Fusion touchscreen flight deck.
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Avionics

Wabnet’s Aviator Wifi Offers Low-cost Satcom

Owners of smaller business aircraft have been looking for low-cost satcom systems, and Wabnet's Aviator Wifi fills that need.
Avionics

Airbus Helicopters Puts Focus on Quality, Improvements

Winning a greater share of a much contracted market can be achieved through greater quality, believes Airbus
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Avionics

Satcom Direct Offers New SmartBox

SD comes to EBACE on company’s 20th anniversary, with a new customer and two new boxes on offer.
Avionics

Textron Piston Line Receives EASA Certification for G1000 NXi

Textron can now install the flight deck into newly manufactured Cessna 172s, 182s, T206s, Bonanza G36s and Baron G58s.
Avionics

Jeppesen Switches To The Weather Company As New Data Provider

IBM's The Weather Company will provide all weather data for Jeppesen's flight operations systems.
Avionics

Garmin Enters Head-up Display Market

Garmin's new head-up display offers unique features, including "intelligent dimming" and Garmin's SurfaceWatch alerts.
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Avionics

Flightstar's Learjet ADS-B STC Receives Int'l OKs

Intended for the Lear 40 and 45, the ADS-B solution has received approval from EASA, Canada, Brazil and Mexico.
Avionics

Max-Viz 2300 EVS Certified to DO-160G

The Max-Vix 2300 multi-spectral imaging system is designed to work with combined vision systems.
Aircraft

UPS Launches A300 Cockpit Modernization Program

Airbus and Honeywell chosen to collaborate on retrofit scheduled for certification in 2020
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Avionics

En Route Data Comm, Not Ready for Prime Time?

A draft FAA advisory circular outlines the path to en route Data Comm services.
Avionics

Avionics Sales See Slight Uptick in First Quarter

Revenues were up only slightly, but the period marks an end to a downward trend.
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Avionics

FAA, Nav Canada and Aireon Test Space-based ADS-B

Messages from the space-based system proved comparable to those from the ground-based system.
Avionics

First Gogo 2Ku System for Bizjet Goes Live

The satellite communications system is designed for larger aircraft.
Avionics

Duncan Aviation Sees Surge in ADS-B Upgrade Bookings

According to Duncan’s latest estimate, 6,000 business aircraft in the U.S. still need to be equipped with ADS-B OUT before Dec. 31, 2019.
Avionics

Don’t Throw Away Those CRTs

Thousands of CRT displays are still flying in older business aircraft and regional jets, and they can still be repaired.