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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
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
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
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
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
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
Avionics
G250 Avionics Test Rig Logs 1,000 Hours
Gulfstream’s G250 integration test facility (ITF) in Savann
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
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
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
FAA issues Lithium battery draft policy
The FAA has published a draft policy (ANM-113-10-004) that could affect the certification of permanently installed rechargeable lithium batteries in Part 2
Avionics
Honeywell 6.1 FMS Software OK’d
Honeywell received FAA TSO approval last month to start deliveries of an FMS software upgrade that provides advanced GPS-enabled approaches and access to F
Avionics
Inmarsat, Boeing team on Ka-band Internet service
Inmarsat announced plans to introduce by 2014 a Ka-band satellite broadband service that would be far faster, cost less per megabit and require smaller ant
Avionics
Sandel Gains HeliTaws TSO
Sandel Avionics last month announced TSO approval for its HeliTaws helicopter terrain warning system.
Avionics
Garmin ESP has a mind of its own
Garmin ESP has a mind of its own
Some are calling it a kind of stick shaker for light airplanes.
Some are calling it a kind of stick shaker for light airplanes.
Avionics
AIN 2010 Product Support Survey: Part Two - Avionics
Las Vegas oddsmakers don't keep track of such things, but if they did Garmin would have been a safe bet to retake the overall number-one ranking in AIN'
Avionics
Primus Apex hits its mark in Pilatus PC-12NG makeover
The addition of the Honeywell Primus Apex integrated avionics system to the NG version of the venerable Pilatus PC-12 turboprop single has made an already
Avionics
Simphone Chosen for EU Challenger
TrueNorth Avionics last month said its Simphone¯ OpenCabin has been selected as the cabin communications system for its first European Union head-of-
Avionics
MaxViz EVS Available on King Air
Hawker Beechcraft has added the MaxViz EVS-1500 enhanced-vision system to its parts and distribution order system for operators of King Air 200 and 300 twi
Avionics
Gulfstream Certifies Waas in G150
Gulfstream has received FAA approval to add Waas functionality in the G150 as part of a final-phase manufacturing installation that adds an optional Waas-c
Avionics
Avidyne Intros New TAS Alerters
Avidyne last month introduced two TSO C147-certified traffic advisory systems, the TAS605 and TAS615, to fill out its line of TAS products, which also incl
