Content Archive: November 2007

Avionics

Collins’ multiscan radar coming to business jets

More than 100 airlines have selected Rockwell Collins’ multiscan airborne weather radar, billed as the first such system to offer fully automated, “hands-f

Bombardier Increases CRJ Production Rate

Bombardier has decided to further increase production of its CRJ700 and CRJ900 regional jets to one aircraft every three days, the company announced today
Avionics

Blue Sky Network Lands Fleet Order for Iridium Gear

Iridium satcom supplier Blue Sky Network last month announced that the Gulf of Mexico’s largest privately held helicopter operator has selected the company

Mitsubishi To Build Boeing 737 Flaps in Vietnam

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries yesterday said it will establish a wholly owned subsidiary to produce commercial aircraft components in Hanoi, Vietnam.
ATC

MLat favored as PRM replacement

At the Air Traffic Control Association’s annual convention this fall, Syracuse, N.Y.-based Sensis announced that its multilateration system will replace th
Avionics

Thales shifts focus to retrofit market

After spending the last several years struggling to make inroads into the business aviation market, particularly in North America against the likes of Hone
Regulations and Government

U.S. opts not to require 406 ELTs

Most pilots by now have heard about the plan to end satellite monitoring of emergency locator transmitter (ELT) distress signals broadcast over 121.5- and
Avionics

Garmin Notches First G1000 STC

Garmin last month said it has gained its first STC covering installation of a retrofit version of the G1000 avionics system.
Avionics

Pro Line Fusion Selected for Japanese Regional Jet

Rockwell Collins last month said Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has selected the company’s Pro Line Fusion integrated avionics system for the Mitsubishi Regio
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Executive conversions breathe new life into aging CRJ200s

In an industry faced with escalating prices and increasingly long lead times for aircraft deliveries, Project Phoenix has joined a growing number of compan