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Avionics

Cellphones may soon be approved for in-flight use

Passengers flying on the company jet may soon be allowed to use their personal cellphones to make and receive calls.AirCell reports it is in th
ATC

Avionics shops adjust to persistent downturn

In a down economy it usually makes sense to focus on the finer details of running a business.
ATC

Will avionics makers be ready for inauguration of IFR WAAS?

The recent successful completion of a 60-day continuous performance test of the FAA’s wide-area augmentation system (WAAS) is expected to clear the way for
Avionics

E-charts’ acceptance is growing, even by FAA

As the FAA continues to wrestle with the issue of whether to allow portable electronic devices to be used for viewing approach charts during commercial IFR
Avionics

Avionics Update: Gulfstream selects Honeywell avionics systems for G300, G500

Honeywell will supply the integrated avionics systems for Gulfstream’s newest business jets, the G300 and G500.
Avionics

Avionics Update: Eurocontrol delays upgraded mode-S implementation

Eurocontrol has decided to delay by two years the deadline for operators to install upgraded mode-S equipment to meet the agency’s so-called elementary sur

Avionics Update: Inmarsat sale down to three bidders

Inmarsat, the main satellite communications provider to civil aviation, maritime and land-mobile users, has been placed on the sales block after the compan

Avionics Update: Thales nets $9.9 million Canadian research grant

Technology Partnership Canada (TPC), a government-run supplier of high-tech research grants to Canadian companies, has awarded Thales Avionics Canada $9.9
Avionics

AD in the Works To Correct Garmin GNS 430 Anomalies

The FAA is planning to issue an AD to address what it says are potential safety hazards with the popular Garmin GNS 430 combination GPS/navcom.
Avionics

Honeywell IHAS 8000 Named Standard in King Air C90B

Honeywell announced that its Bendix/King IHAS 8000 integrated hazard avoidance system will be included as standard equipment in Raytheon Beech King Air C90
Avionics

Trimble Sells Bizav Product Lines

The business and commuter aircraft products business of Trimble Navigation has been purchased by newly established FreeFlight Systems, a sister company of
Avionics

FCC Grants Boeing Satellite License for ATC System

Boeing cleared a major hurdle in the development of its recently announced air-traffic management system after the Federal Communications Commission grante
Avionics

Continental Makes Debut with Pro Line 21

The maiden flight of Bombardier’s super-midsize Continental on August 14 marked the debut of a reconfigured version of Rockwell Collins’ Pro Line 21 integr
Avionics

Honeywell Delivers Gulfstream V-SP Avionics

Honeywell has delivered an LCD-based Primus Epic avionics system to Gulfstream in Savannah, Ga., for flight trials of the GV-SP, a follow-on to the GV that
Avionics

Airshow, GlobalStar Scrap Plans for Airborne Web Link

Some three months after an enthusiastic announcement, cabin-entertainment specialist Airshow of Tustin, Calif., and low-cost satellite data provider Global
ATC

TAWS suit may be settled out of court

Honeywell’s legal dispute with ACSS over EGPWS patents may be on its way to a private arbitrator instead of a courtroom, if the sides can agree on terms.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Gulfstream, Arinc prep GIV for broadband tests

Gulfstream and Arinc late last month were preparing for initial flight trials in a GIV of the dish antenna and other hardware components to power a new air
Training and Workforce

Finally, CD-ROM-based avionics training for PCs

The parallels that Howard Reisman sees between himself and John F.
Avionics

FAA is next in line to fly synthetic-vision cockpit

Universal Avionics, the Tucson, Ariz.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Airshow 21 lends cockpit ideas to cabin integration

There have been a lot of winners in the historic cycle of mergers and acquisitions in the aviation industry.
Avionics

Avionics Update: Garmin introduces 16-watt com for business aviation

Having secured solid footing in GA markets, Garmin announced it is introducing a new 16-watt com version of its GNC 420, GNS 430 and GNS 530 moving-map nav
Avionics

Avionics Update: Dassault selects TCAS supplier for Falcon 7X

Phoenix-based Aviation Communication & Surveillance Systems (ACSS) has been named the standard TCAS supplier for Dassault’s in-development Falcon 7X, a
Regulations and Government

Avionics Update: FAA planning first LPV approach procedures

The FAA is preparing publication of the first LPV (lateral precision with vertical guidance) approaches, a new type of precision approach procedure designe
Avionics

Avionics Update: WAAS passes key 60-day test

The Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) successfully passed a critical 60-day test that prime contractor Raytheon said proves the reliability of the signa
Avionics

Avionics Update: Frost Navratil introduces remote EFB touchscreen

Houston-based Frost Navratil Technical Solutions, maker of the ApproachView family of class-2 EFBs, has introduced a remote touchscreen display for use wit
Regulations and Government

Avionics Update: FAA prepares amendments to EFB advisory circular

Based on feedback it has received from pilots and operators, the FAA is said to be preparing a number of amendments to an earlier Advisory Circular (AC 120
Avionics

Thales plots retaliation for Honeywell's lawsuit

Thales Avionics has threatened legal reprisals against Honeywell unless the U.S.
Charter & Fractional

Flight Options ponders cockpit commonality

Flight Options, the Cleveland-based provider of fractional-ownership shares in pre-owned business jets, has started to explore the possibility of developin
Regulations and Government

USAF foot-dragging delays higher-precision GPS network

Navstar, the official U.S.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

AirCell Taps Iridium Satellite Network

Broomfield, Colo.-based AirCell has introduced two new airborne telecommunications products based on Iridium satcom technology.