Avionics

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

Avionics

AIN 2010 Product Support Survey: Part Two - Avionics

Las Vegas oddsmakers don't keep track of such things, but if they did Garmin would have been a safe bet to retake the overall number-one ranking in AIN'
Avionics

Review: Jeppesen Mobile TC for the iPad

Jeppesen Mobile TC, a free iPad application that the company recently launched, allows anyone with a Jeppview electronic chart (paid) subscription to acces
Avionics

Phenom 100 Synthetic Vision Approved

Embraer received Brazil ANAC, FAA and EASA approval for Garmin's synthetic-vision technology (SVT) system on the Phenom 100, which has a Garmin G1000-based
Avionics

FAA Oversight of NextGen Scrutinized

Each key FAA NextGen project has an individual "metric" to measure how its development is progressing.
Avionics

Product Support Survey 2010 Part 2: Avionics

Garmin ranks number one ahead of tightly packed group of top finishers
Avionics

Enhanced Vision Gets EASA OK for Falcon 7X

Dassault Falcon received EASA certification to equip the Falcon 7X with its enhanced flight vision system (EFVS).
Training and Workforce

Phenom 100 Synthetic Vision, Phenom 300 Sim OK’d

Embraer yesterday received Brazil ANAC, FAA and EASA approval for Garmin’s synthetic vision technology (SVT) system on the Phenom 100, which has a Garmin G
Avionics

Primus Apex hits its mark in Pilatus PC-12NG makeover

The addition of the Honeywell Primus Apex integrated avionics system to the NG version of the venerable Pilatus PC-12 turboprop single has made an already
Avionics

L-3 Submits ESI-2000 for FAA OK

L-3 Avionics Systems last month submitted the FAA approval paperwork for its Trilogy ESI-2000 electronic standby instrument.
Avionics

MaxViz EVS Available on King Air

Hawker Beechcraft has added the MaxViz EVS-1500 enhanced-vision system to its parts and distribution order system for operators of King Air 200 and 300 twi
Avionics

Avidyne Intros New TAS Alerters

Avidyne last month introduced two TSO C147-certified traffic advisory systems, the TAS605 and TAS615, to fill out its line of TAS products, which also incl
Avionics

Simphone Chosen for EU Challenger

TrueNorth Avionics last month said its Simphone¯  OpenCabin has been selected as the cabin communications system for its first European Union head-of-
Avionics

Gulfstream Certifies Waas in G150

Gulfstream has received FAA approval to add Waas functionality in the G150 as part of a final-phase manufacturing installation that adds an optional Waas-c
Avionics

FAA doesn’t understand Wi-Fi for bizav, say suppliers

With the increasing use of BlackBerrys, iPhones and other personal electronic devices, business aircraft operators now have several options for full-time a
Avionics

Cockpit Avionics 2010

Sure, it’s fun to think about how far aviation–and in particular the avionics field–has come in the last 100 years.
Avionics

406-MHZ ELTs test themselves

Although the FAA does not specifically require 406-MHz emergency locator transmitters (ELTs) for U.S.-registered aircraft, it seems inevitable that owners
Avionics

AD Proposed for Eclipse 500 EFIS

A proposed Airworthiness Directive for Eclipse 500s would require changes to the electronic flight information system and the airplane flight manuals.
Avionics

Garmin, Avidyne Let the Servos Do the Flying

Garmin announced yesterday at EAA AirVenture that its new electronic stability and protection (ESP) stability augmentation system will be available on G100
Avionics

Garmin G1000 STC’d for Cessna CitationJets

The Garmin G1000 glass cockpit system on Tuesday received FAA STC approval for Cessna CitationJets.
Avionics

Raytheon and Gentex offer low-cost helmet sight

After making its international debut in May at SOFEX in Jordan, the Scorpion helmet-mounted sight is being shown by Raytheon and Gentex for the first time
Safety

Hot Section - July 2010

ARSA Cautions Clinton on Aviation Exports
Legislation pending on Capitol Hill threatens to undermine the global competitiveness of the U.S.
Avionics

Breakthrough Unmanned Helo System Flies

Piasecki Aircraft and Carnegie Mellon University have successfully flight tested a new navigation and sensor package on an unmanned Boeing AH-6 Little Bird
Avionics

Heliworks Helping To Rescue Oil-soaked Birds in Gulf

EMS Aviation’s Fleet aircraft tracking system is being used by Pensacola, Fla.-based Heliworks to help rescue birds endangered by the oil spill in the Gulf
Regulations and Government

FCC Seeks To Outlaw 121.5-MHz ELTs

Aircraft owners in the U.S.
Avionics

Primus Elite Coming to Citation X

Cessna Aircraft said it will bring the Honeywell Primus Elite avionics system to the Citation X starting next year.
Charter & Fractional

XOJet Adds Aircell Internet to Fleet

San Carlos, Calif.-based charter operator XOJet is installing Aircell high-speed Internet equipment on its entire fleet of Bombardier Challenger 300s and C
Avionics

FAA Approval of Ku Internet STC Near

Innotech Aviation in Montreal is closing in on an FAA STC permitting installations of ViaSat Ku-band satellite data hardware aboard the Bombardier Global E
Avionics

Iridium places $2.1B order for 81 satellites

Iridium Communications of McLean, Va., last month placed a multibillion-dollar order with Thales Alenia Space of France for 81 communications satellites ne
Regulations and Government

AEA Clarifies FCC Rule That Would Ban 121.5-MHz ELTs

The Aircraft Electronics Association (AEA) yesterday clarified the FCC’s
Regulations and Government

FCC Seeks To Outlaw 121.5-MHz ELTs

Aircraft owners in the U.S.