Avionics

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DOD reveals plans for its own LAAS project

The Department of Defense (DOD) recently unveiled its program for JPALS, the joint precision approach and landing system.

Avionics

October 18, 2006

USAF facility tests GPS jamming vulnerability

A special military facility dedicated to testing the vulnerability of GPS installations to deliberate jamming is now open to corporate pilots whose operati

Avionics

October 18, 2006

A global perspective on RNP: A joint Eurocontrol and FAA meeting addressed the ever-evolving concept of performance-based navigation

Performance-based navigation was identified in ICAO’s Future Air Navigation System concept of the early 1990s, which defined required navigation performanc

ATC

October 18, 2006

FAA Approves Chelton Installations in Some Part 23 Airplanes

Chelton Flight Systems of Boise, Idaho, has received FAA certification for installations of its FlightLogic EFIS avionics in a number of Part 23 airplanes,

Avionics

October 18, 2006

Thales To Provide Avionics for Sikorsky S-76D

Sikorsky’s new S-76D twin-turbine helicopter, scheduled to enter service in 2008, will be equipped with Thales’ TopDeck integrated modular avionics, accord

Avionics

October 18, 2006

NASA partners show EVS, SVS concepts

Throw BAE Systems and Nav3D into the mix of companies indicating strong interest in sensor and software technology for emerging cockpit advanced-vision sys

Avionics

October 18, 2006

Newcomer Starling set to unveil unusual Ku antenna

Starling Advanced Communications, a relatively new name among satcom antenna manufacturers, has officially kicked off a development program for a line of K

Avionics

October 18, 2006

King Schools Introducing Garmin G1000 Online Training Course

John and Martha King this month plan to take the wraps off a new online training course developed for pilots transitioning from traditional instruments to

Training and Workforce

October 18, 2006

Business Jet Technologies Gains FAA OK for GII/IIB RVSM Package

Business Jet Technologies last month announced FAA certification for the company’s reduced vertical separation minimums (RVSM) compliance package for the G

Aircraft

October 18, 2006

U.S., Europe and Asia are investing deeply in GPS

Senior U.S.

ATC

October 18, 2006

Genesis 3 Engineering offers Falcon 20 group RVSM kit

Genesis 3 Engineering has begun delivering installation kits for its new group RVSM solution for Dassault Falcon 20s. “Using proven Innovati

Maintenance and Modifications

October 18, 2006

Completion & Refurb Update: November 2005

LED Replacements for Fluorescent Tubes Coming Soon Emteq Lighting & Cabin Systems recently announced a patent-pending LED replacement

Maintenance and Modifications

October 18, 2006

Avionics Selected for Planned Turboprop

Quest Aircraft selected the Garmin G1000 as the standard avionics for its under-development Kodiak, a 10-seat STOL turboprop single scheduled to be certifi

Avionics

October 17, 2006

FAA Moves To End Mode-S Exemptions

The FAA has withdrawn a decade-old proposal to rescind its requirement for mode-S transponders and, consequently, plans to end the hundreds of mode-S insta

Avionics

October 17, 2006

EBACE 2005: For Pilots Only

Jeppesen of Englewood, Colo., introduced new weather maps that provide forecast information on icing and turbulence.

Training and Workforce

October 16, 2006

2005 Aircraft Electronics Association Convention: AEA hosts record-setting show in Dallas

As it usually does, news from the cockpit avionics front featured prominently at the Aircraft Electronics Association’s annual convention, held this year A

Avionics

October 16, 2006