Avionics

GE Aviation has been awarded two contracts from Gulfstream Aerospace to provide integrated vehicle health management (IVHM) technology for the Gulfstream G

The FAA has issued TSO authorization for FreeFlight’s Rangr FDL-978TX ADS-B universal access transmitter,

Garmin stopped manufacture of the GNS 530W and GPS 500W navigators on November 30,

The FAA also declined comment on the expected DCIS contract value, but said the program is on track for a contract award next year. According to the DOT IG

Business aviation in-flight connectivity specialist Aircell of Bloomfield, Colo., has announced that charter operator Travel Management Company (TMC)

The FAA is seeking comments on a proposed rule change that will allow pilots flying under commercial operating regulations to update navigation system data

One of the aircraft parked at the NBAA static display at the Las Vegas Convention Center during the NBAA Convention in October was a highly modified Cessna

Inmarsat Global Xpress announced today it had named Aircell as a distribution partner for Inmarsat's airborne broadband service for business aviation.

Hawker Beechcraft is offering installation of Max-Viz EVS-1500 infrared enhanced vision systems (EVS) for the Hawker 750, 800, 850 and 900 series.

The U.S. Air Force has selected the EFB-Pro performance-calculating iPhone app for pilots of its fleet of C-21A Learjet 35As.

Reports that the FAA would begin charging for digital downloads and close the navigational products website to individuals have stirred an outcry

NBAA helped to pioneer the transition to GPS-based flight decks and procedures, and now the group is taking a leading role

Apple’s latest update to the iOS operating system–iOS 5.0.1–is expected to prevent some of the automatic data deletion problems that iPad users

Aerodynamics of Waterford, Mich., recently completed its second STC installation of an Aircell high-speed Internet with WLAN system in a Hawker 800XP.

The aviation rulemaking committee (ARC) chartered by the FAA to recommend a strategy for implementing automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B)

Elbit Systems’ Brazilian subsidiary AEL Sistemas will supply the self-protection suite and directed, infrared countermeasures for the new Embraer KC-390.

Cobham and Carson To Offer Sikorsky Helicopter Upgrades

Bombardier Showcases CSeries Flight Deck at Dubai 2011

Greenwich AeroGroup subsidiary DAC International has created what it says is an “industry first” interface unit

Avidyne has announced development of the IFD510 RNP-capable GPS navigation system with touchscreen user interface

Alaska Airlines started using precision required navigation performance (RNP) approaches into Juneau, Alaska

After LightSquared made statements that it has a “legal right” to build a network of terrestrial 4G broadband transmitters in the U.S.

The recently released ForeFlight Mobile v4.2 iPad app now allows users to display XM WX inflight weather data overlaid on maps displayed on the ForeFlight

Flightdocs released an aircraft maintenance tracking iPad application that allows flight crews to access and report aircraft maintenance information

Jeppesen said it received the aviation industry’s first Type 1 Letter of Acceptance endorsement

Garmin received STC approval from EASA yesterday to install the company’s Electronic Stability and Protection (ESP) and GSR 56 Iridium datalink

Apple’s new iOS 5 operating system is causing problems for iPad aviation app users, including deletion of data without warning

A notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) issued yesterday by the FAA would allow pilots of aircraft operated under Parts 121, 125, 129, 133, 135 and 137

Clearly impatient with the way the company’s plan for its 4G broadband network is becoming further delayed by opposition from the GPS user community

Denver-based JetTech received STC approval to install Garmin G600 avionics with dual flat-panel displays in the Piper Cheyenne III, IIIA and 400LS.