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Avionics

Pro Line Fusion suite sparks Collins' synthetic vision plans

Rockwell Collins test pilots spent part of their winter in Alaska putting the synthetic-vision portion of the avionics maker’s new Pro Line Fusion cockpit
Avionics

It’s business as usual at AEA Convention

The Aircraft Electronics Association’s annual convention doesn’t rank as the biggest or most heavily attended trade show on the aviation event calendar, bu
Avionics

Honeywell Heeds NTSB Advice on Helicopter EGPWS

In response to an NTSB recommendation, Honeywell is revising the software of its Mark XXII enhanced ground proximity warning system (EGPWS) for helicopters
Avionics

Inmarsat Approves EMS eNfusion AMT-700 Antenna

EMS Aviation’s eNfusion AMT-700 high-gain satcom antenna has cleared an important hurdle after receiving a letter of assessment from Inmarsat approving the
Avionics

Dassault Touts 7X VoIP Capability

Dassault Falcon has delivered a Falcon 7X with Honeywell’s MCS 7120 SwiftBroadband satcom system as part of an installation that brings cabin Wi-Fi and VoI
Avionics

Rockwell Collins Gains Waas STC for King Air Line

Rockwell Collins has received a supplemental type certificate (STC) allowing Waas LPV upgrades in King Air models equipped with the avionics maker’s Pro Li
Avionics

Cessna Offers Citation Waas Upgrades

Cessna Aircraft last month announced the introduction of wide-area augmentation system (Waas) avionics upgrades for the Citation CJ1+, CJ2+, CJ3 and Encore
Avionics

EMS Aviation covers broad market

The three business units that comprise EMS Aviation, a newly formed subsidiary of U.S.
Avionics

Mood Upbeat as AEA Convention Kicks Off

The Aircraft Electronics Association (AEA) is reporting strong turnout on the opening d
Avionics

Carlyle Seeking Buyer for Arinc

Private-equity firm Carlyle is reportedly seeking a buyer for aviation communications services company Arinc in a sale that could command as much as $1 bil
Avionics

Stevens Certifies Raas in Learjet 60

Stevens Aviation last month said it has gained an STC for installation of Honeywell’s runway awareness and advisory system (Raas) in the Learjet 60, adding
Avionics

TrueNorth Broadband Wins First STC

TrueNorth Avionics has gained the initial supplemental type certificate (STC) for its Simphone Global Broadband System, billed as a compact and low-cost hi
Airports

ACSS Change 7.1 Software Due Q4

Aviation Communications & Surveillance Systems (ACSS) said its recently certified Change 7.1 software update for the company’s TCAS 2000 and TCAS II tr
Avionics

Satcom Direct sees growing demand for SwiftBroadband

Satellite communications service provider Satcom Direct has expanded its portfolio of exclusive add-ons and upgrades to the point where some customers migh
Regulations and Government

Legal Battle Between Cirrus and L-3 Heats Up

Cirrus Design has filed a lawsuit against L-3 Avionics Systems aimed at stopping the spread of scuttlebutt that Cirrus is teetering on the edge of bankrupt

Honoring Dick Friel: Missing but Never Forgotten

Friends and family honored the memory of Dick Friel, 76, the flashy and well-loved marketing executive for winglet maker Aviation Partners, with a missing-
Avionics

Cobham HeliSAS Earns TSO

The FAA has issued a technical standard order to Cobham for its HeliSAS stability-and-augmentation/autopilot system.
Avionics

NZ-2000 users responding to FAA guidance

Business jet operators flying with Honeywell NZ-2000 flight management systems are responding to an FAA airworthiness bulletin describing a software glitch
Avionics

Aircell ATG-5000 Debuts in Gulfstream G200

Aircell announced the first installation of its ATG 5000 high-speed Internet system aboard a California-based Gulfstream G200 operated by charter provider
Avionics

DeVos EC130 Flies with Max-Viz EVS-1500

One Sky Aviation, a maintenance and repair center based in Anchorage, Alaska, received an STC permitting installations of the Max-Viz EVS-1500 enhanced-vis
ATC

ADS-B making life easier for Gulf helicopter pilots

Think working at New York Tracon is a tough job? Try heading down to the Gulf of Mexico, where controllers handle between 5,000 and 9,000 helicopter flight
Aircraft

Nextant selects Rockwell Collins Venue cabin system for 400Next

Nextant Aerospace has selected the Rockwell Collins Venue cabin management system for the interior of the Beechjet 400Next as part of a retrofit package th
Rotorcraft

Aspen targets Heli-Expo show

Aspen Avionics is exhibiting at this month’s Heli-Expo convention in Houston, marking the first time the six-year-old company has had a presence at a helic
Avionics

Twin Commander Gets Garmin G600

Naples Jet Center in Naples, Fla., last month performed a dual Garmin G600 panel refurbishment in a Twin Commander 1000 as part of a complete panel redesig
Regulations and Government

FAA Blasts OEMs for Rule Delay

The FAA has grudgingly agreed to delay certain portions of an original April 2010 compliance date requiring installation of cockpit voice recorders (CVR) a
Avionics

EMS Satcom Now Part of EMS Aviation

Recent acquisitions by EMS Technologies have created an identity problem for subsidiary EMS Satcom, based in Ottawa, Canada.

Bizav shines in Haitian earthquake relief effort

On the descent for landing in earthquake-ravaged Port-au-Prince, Haiti, the scene is about what you’d expect to find after violent natural forces–in this c
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Avionics

EMS Satcom Now a Unit of EMS Aviation

Recent acquisitions by EMS Technologies have created an identity problem for subsidiary EMS Satcom of Ottawa, Canada.

AIN Rides Along on Honeywell Relief Flight to Haiti

A Honeywell Gulfstream G450 packed with medical supplies, aid workers and AIN editor Stephen Pope touched down at Port-au-Prince Airport yesterday a
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