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Aircraft

Still Seeking Partner, Aerion Racks Up Orders for SSBJ

Reno, Nev.-based Aerion is still hoping to convince an OEM partner to join it by the end of this year in its quest to build a supersonic business jet capab
Avionics

EMS Satcom challenging Iridium with free calls

In a move aimed at winning back market share from Iridium, EMS Satcom (Booth No.
Aircraft

Cirrus has a new ‘Perspective’ on SR22-G3 instrument panel

Cirrus Design yesterday announced it has partnered with Garmin on a “high-end” cockpit upgrade for the SR22-G3 called Cirrus Perspective.
Avionics

FAA Approves Honeywell SVS Database Update Process

Touted as an industry first, the U.S.
Avionics

Start of datalink test buoys ATC modernization efforts

Maneuvering over Southern Florida and through busy Miami airspace on a classically warm and convective Thursday in March, an FAA test airplane spent severa
Avionics

Avionics Update: Thales evaluating EVS infrared sensors

Thales Avionics has completed the first round of assessments of infrared sensors from “potential partners” that the company said could be incorporated with
Avionics

Avionics Update: Apex glass cockpit tests proceeding on pace

Honeywell said it has removed the Apex 1000 glass displays from its Cessna 206 flying testbed in Olathe, Kan., to make way for evaluations of the Apex 2000

Avionics Update: Apex databus maker gearing up for mass production

An ad that carmaker Audi began running on radio stations in select cities last month  proclaims that the German company’s automobiles “now feature the
Avionics

Avionics Update: FAA proposes new TAWS class

Recognizing that some aircraft operators will want to equip with terrain awareness and warning systems (TAWS) even though they are not required to do so, t
Avionics

Avionics Update: Tenzing, Baker introduce airborne e-mail service

Seattle-based Tenzing Communications announced a partnership with avionics manufacturer Baker Electronics to develop e-mail and information services for co
Avionics

Avionics Update: Intheairnet acquires passenger networks

Irvine, Calif.-based Intheairnet last month announced it has purchased most of the assets of Passenger Networks, a Santa, Ana, Calif.
Avionics

Avionics Update: AirCell to market cockpit weather service

Airborne cellular communications provider AirCell has announced a partnership with Control Vision, a Pittsburg, Kan.
Avionics

Falcon 20 sharpens its talons with Pro Line 21 upgrade

Garrett Aviation has completed installation of the first Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21 Continuum retrofit avionics system in a Falcon 20.
Avionics

EMS Technologies is next in line for Swift64 hardware approval

At press time EMS Technologies’ satcom division in Ottawa, Ontario, was set to become the second approved hardware retailer for the Swift64 service.
Avionics

Eight (new technologies) in one (737-900)

Boeing has installed the following eight new technologies in its 737-900 Technology Demonstrator:

Synthetic vision system (SVS)
Avionics

Meggitt Magic autopilot keeps turboprops flying

Seeking to establish a firmer foothold in the avionics retrofit market, Meggitt last month introduced a new digital flight control system for older turbopr
Engines

Honeywell mulls lawsuit after GE merger blowout

In the fallout from the failed merger of General Electric and Honeywell, Honeywell’s board of directors last month huddled to contemplate whether the compa
Avionics

Learjet 85 gets Pro Line Fusion avionics suite

Further strengthening its relationship with avionics maker Rockwell Collins, Bombardier has selected the Pro Line Fusion cockpit for its composite Learjet
Aircraft

Cessna names additional suppliers for Columbus

Cessna Aircraft yesterday revealed additional supplier choices for its large-cabin Citation Columbus, a $26.995 million twinjet scheduled for FAA certifica
Aircraft

Gulfstream G650’s launch ignites string of new orders

Two months after launching the biggest, fastest and priciest Gulfstream ever, top executives for the U.S.
Avionics

A ‘Swift’ concept brings Web inside the business jet cabin

Inmarsat last month announced the commercial availability of the new Swift64 mobile data pipeline, an airborne satellite Internet service that the company
Avionics

New technology tests its wings aboard 737

For a glimpse into aviation’s future one need look no farther than Seattle Boeing Field, the home of a specially modified Boeing 737-900 outfitted with an
ATC

Trade groups gearing up for fight over FAA’s DRVSM plan

With the anticipated publication this month of an NPRM in the Federal Register, the FAA is laying the groundwork for implementation of domestic re
ATC

FAA awards first Nexcom contracts

The FAA has awarded contracts to Rockwell Collins, Honeywell and Avidyne for development of technology that will integrate digital voice and data into air-
Avionics

Avionics Update: Cessna begins Citation X HUD evaluation

Flight Visions of Sugar Grove, Ill., has started building a mockup of a head-up display overhead projector for evaluations in a Cessna Citation X cockpit.
Avionics

Avionics Update: Jeppesen to power Merlin satellite weather link

Jeppesen announced it has been selected to provide worldwide weather information and forecasts for use by subscribers of the Merlin airborne weather system
Avionics

Avionics Update: Teledesic's Internet-in-the-sky concept moves ahead

Satellite communications company Teledesic announced it has signed an agreement with Italian satellite maker Alenia Spazio SpA to build satellites for the
Avionics

Avionics Update: Icarus introduces Sky Connect satphone

Icarus Instruments, the company that gave aviation its first sub-$10,000 satcom system, has unveiled the Sky Connect satphone, a 2.4-gHz cordless handset f
Avionics

Avionics Update: Flight information services datalink now operational

Pilots can now receive free up-to-date weather information in the cockpit following FAA approval for VHF datalink Mode 2 (VDL-2) avionics and datalink flig
Avionics

Some could be caught short in rush to install TAWS units

Installation centers anticipating extra demand nearer the start of the March 29, 2005, mandate for terrain awareness and warning systems (TAWS) in the exis