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Regulations and Government

FAA Blasts Manufacturers for CVR/FDR Rule Delay

The FAA has grudgingly agreed to delay certain portions of an original April 2010 compli
Avionics

Arinc Adds SkyLink/eXchange Connection to BBJ

Arinc last month completed the first integration and testing of an eXchange/SkyLink broadband Internet system aboard a Boeing Business Jet.
Avionics

Universal CVFDR Gains TSO, STC Approvals

The FAA last month issued an STC applicable to the King Air series for Universal Avionics’ new cockpit voice recorder, which is part of a lineup of five mo
Avionics

Collins HGS Approved for Lower Cat I Minimums

Certain head-up guidance systems produced by Rockwell Collins can now be used to fly to lower Category I ILS approach minimums after the company last month
Avionics

Garmin adds TCAS, TAS to its portfolio

It’s official: Garmin can now add to its list of avionics specialties the coveted title of TCAS maker.
Avionics

Passengers rave about Aircell’s 3G Internet

By anybody’s measure, the last year has been a big one for Aircell.
Avionics

Newsmakers 2009: FAA OKs field approvals for Waas LPV upgrades

Universal Avionics spent much of the last year working with FAA officials trying to come up with a way to upgrade the customers’ flight management systems

Newsmakers 2009: Alphabets and OEMs tackle negative portrayal of bizjets

The coordinated response by NBAA, GAMA and business jet manufacturers to critics who chose to make business aircraft a high-profile symbol of all that’s wr
Avionics

Hud/EVS OK imminent for Challenger 604

Elbit Systems of America said that the installation of the first head-up display (Hud) and Kollsman enhanced-vision system (EVS) combination in a Challenge
Avionics

Despite protests from Aircell, TrueNorth offers OpenCabin

A fight is brewing between TrueNorth Avionics of Ottawa, Canada, and Aircell, the creator of an air-to-ground broadband data network for aircraft, over a s
Avionics

ViaSat Names Broadband Hardware Resellers

ViaSat, a Carlsbad, Calif.
Avionics

Primus Elite adds features to Honeywell avionics suite

The Legacy 650, the newest addition to Embraer’s growing choice of business j
Avionics

HGS-6250 OK’d on G450, G550

Rockwell Collins announced that its HGS-6250 head-up guidance (Hud) system has been certified for the Gulfstream G450 and G550.
Avionics

Panasonic Intros Ku Broadband

Panasonic Avionics has introduced what it calls a “global communications suite” that is designed to provide head-of-state aircraft with the ultimate in air
Avionics

EMS Sky Connect Launches Forté

EMS Sky Connect introduced the Forté AirMail service last month, pitching it as giving passengers “pole-to-pole, anywhere-on-the-globe, unfettered in-fligh
Avionics

Sora Bundled Satcom System Bows

International Communications Group (ICG) has partnered with Cobham to develop a bundled Iridium and Inmarsat SwiftBroadband satellite communications system

Aviation apps find a calling on the iPhone

Apple hit a big milestone last month: its App Store officially surpassed 100,000 apps.

NBAA, AOPA Team on LBA Conferences

NBAA and AOPA will co-host a series of Light Business Airplane (LBA) conferences starting next year.
Avionics

Flight Options chooses Aircell Internet

Flight Options plans to equip most of its fleet of fractionally owned business jets with Aircell’s high-speed Internet system, a decision that will give th
Avionics

IS&S unveils Falcon 2000 Retrofit cockpit

Dassault has selected a cockpit upgrade from Exton, Pa.-based Innovative Solutions & Support that is designed to bring a host of advanced capabilities
Avionics

Nextant Beechjet Pro Line 21 upgrade STC’d

Nextant Aerospace announced at the NBAA Convention that it has received STC approval for its Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21 flight deck retrofit for Beechjet
Avionics

Rockwell continues testing Pro Line Fusion cockpit

Rockwell Collins has started fligh
Avionics

Gulfstreams, Falcons await cockpit upgrades

Honeywell is about to release two long-awaited avionics software upgrades, the first for Gulfstreams flying with the PlaneView cockpit and the other for Da
Avionics

With G3000, Garmin brings touchscreens to flight deck

Garmin caused the biggest stir at last month’s NBAA Convention by unveiling the G3000 integrated avionics system, a follow-on to the G1000 cockpit that wil
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NBAA, AOPA Team on Light Biz Airplane Conferences

NBAA and AOPA said yesterday they will co-host a series of Light Business Airplane (LBA) conferences starting next year.
Avionics

Flight Options opts for Aircell’s high-speed Internet systems

Flight Options plans to equip most of its fleet of fractionally owned business jets with Aircell’s high-speed Internet system, a decision that will give th

Primus Elite TSO’d, ready for deliveries

Honeywell said it has received European TSO approval for Primus Elite, a newly introduced display system that is intended to provide an upgrade path for ai

Aviation apps find a calling on the iPhone

Sure, you can use an Apple iPhone to make calls, but as devotees of the ubiquitous device know, there’s so much more to Steve Jobs’ wonder product than the
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Flight Options opts for Aircell’s high-speed Internet systems

Flight Options plans to equip most of its fleet of fractionally owned business jets with Aircell’s high-speed Internet system, a decision that will give th
Avionics

Primus Elite More Than Just a Display Upgrade

Honeywell received European TSO approval for Primus Elite, a newly introduced display system that is intended to provide an upgrade path for aircraft equip