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Avionics
iPad’s value is limited for flight ops
Apple's iPad seems like almost the perfect cockpit companion for viewing everything from terminal procedure charts to the number for a local motel–in short
Avionics
Western Aircraft to update Dassault 900B cockpit
Greenwich AeroGroup’s Western Aircraft in Boise, Idaho has partnered with Universal Avionics to develop an avionics retrofit package for the Dassault Falco
Avionics
Iridium to begin production of Next communications satellites
Now that Iridium has successfully completed the financing for its next-generation satellite constellation, called Iridium Next, the McLean, Va., firm is lo
Avionics
TrueNorth, LiveTV team on bizjet Wi-Fi
TrueNorth Avionics, LiveTV Airfone and Satcom Direct are teaming to develop and market a next-generation Magnastar air-to-ground communications system th
Avionics
G5000 is intriguing choice for new Citation Ten
Cessna’s announcement at the NBAA Convention in October that it will br
Avionics
Gulfstream Brings BBML to GV
Gulfstream has received an FAA STC permitting installations of its high-speed Broad Band Multi Link (BBML) data receiver system in the GV.
Avionics
Eclipse 500 FMS Due This Month
Innovative Solutions & Support is almost finished with the development of an integrated flight management system for the Eclipse 500 very light jet.
Avionics
Garmin G600 Coming to Citations
JetTech of Littleton, Colo., said it is developing a glass-panel upgrade for the Cessna Citation 501/551 series based on the Garmin G600.
Avionics
NASA Funds ESVS Research
NASA has awarded a $1.2 million contract to Honeywell and Gulfstream for an 11-month test program of synthetic- and enhanced-vision systems (ESVS) technolo
Avionics
CMC Electronics buys L-3 SmartDeck cockpit
Montreal-based Esterline CMC Electronics has acquired an exclusive technology license for L-3 Communications’ SmartDeck cockpit that will allow the firm to
Avionics
ICG Tests CPDLC Aboard Gulfstream G250
International Communications Group (ICG) and Rockwell Collins have demonstrated the compatibility of ICG’s NxtLink ICS-220A communication systems with Ro
Avionics
Garmin Wins STC for Helo Taws
Garmin has received FAA STC approval for its helicopter terrain awareness and warning system for the GNS 430W/530W GPS/navcoms.
Avionics
Honeywell demo shows fused SVS/EVS views
Honeywell has given the aviation world its first glimpse of a cockpit technology that developers say will change the way future pilots aviate by combining
Avionics
Falcon 7X EASy shows FBW value
The delivery in early September of a Dassault Falcon 7X to a Fortune 500 customer furnished opportunities to ride along on the flight to the airplane’s new
Avionics
Constant Installs Pro Line 21 in Beechjet
Constant Aviation, a division of Nextant Aerospace based at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, last month delivered its first Pro Line 21-upgraded
Avionics
Honeywell demo shows fused SVS/EVS views
Honeywell has given the aviation world its first glimpse of a cockpit technology that developers say will change the way future pilots aviate by combining
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Bizjet Wi-Fi choices keep expanding
There are now more ways than ever to connect to the Internet in flight thanks to the growing number of airborne data services available for installation in
ATC
ADS-B deployment provides a proving ground for NextGen
Progress on the FAA’s ambitious NextGen overhaul of the ATC system in the U.S.
Avionics
TrueNorth Introduces Iridium E-mail Module
TrueNorth Avionics has introduced a plug-in hardware module that lets owners of several brands of airborne telephone use their personal smartphones to se
Avionics
With Entegra Release 9, Avidyne eyes turbines
Avidyne is setting its sights on the lower echelon of the turbine business airplane market as part of a strategy by the Massachusetts avionics manufacturer
Avionics
Flexjet Equipping with Aircell Wi-Fi
Flexjet last month announced plans to offer Aircell Gogo Biz in-flight Wi-Fi connections as a standard amenity on its fractional program aircraft at no add
Avionics
G250 Avionics Test Rig Logs 1,000 Hours
Gulfstream’s G250 integration test facility (ITF) in Savann
Avionics
Sandel Delivers First HeliTaws
Sandel Avionics last month delivered its first HeliTaws helicopter terrain safety system, to Metro Aviation of Shreveport, La., for installation in a Eur
Regulations and Government
FCC likely to modify its proposed 121.5-MHz ELT ban
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is said to be close to responding to an FAA request that it withdraw a June notice that seeks to impose a total
ATC
NextGen Challenges Top RTCA Symposium Agenda
Presenters at an RTCA symposium in Washington, D.C., last week warned that the FAA’s ambitious NextGen overhaul of the ATC system in the U.S.
Avionics
Sandel Gains HeliTaws TSO
Sandel Avionics last month announced TSO approval for its HeliTaws helicopter terrain warning system.
