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Turkish Airlines first in line for SmartTraffic
February 03, 2010
Turkish Airlines became the first customer to choose Honeywell’s SmartTraffic system. The contract calls for delivery and installation in 10 Airbus A330s through 2012.Using ADS-B technology to provide pilots with more information on surrounding air traffic, SmartTraffic is the brand name for the airborne traffic situational awareness (ATSAW) system–a...
moreSingle Asian Sky needed now to thwart transport bottleneck
February 03, 2010
Asia desperately needs political consensus and a framework on how to move forward with air traffic management (ATM) as the U.S. and Europe forge ahead with their respective NextGen and Sesar programs. If such a consensus is forthcoming then the Asia-Pacific region could quickly jump ahead by skipping a generation of technology. But if it does not happen, it...
moreSelex Galileo Sets Sights on Asian Market
February 02, 2010
Selex Galileo (Stand J39) believes it can become a key player in defense electronics in Southeast Asia. Here at the Singapore Airshow, the Finmeccanica subsidiary is promoting defensive aids, electro-optical (EO) sensors for maritime surveillance and active array radars.
The company has sold its helicopter integrated defensive aids suite (HIDAS) to...
moreCollins follows silk road, finds riches here in Asia
February 02, 2010
Rockwell Collins (Stand U77) is truly in growth mode here in the Asia-Pacific region, where the company continues to invest in strategic alliances and projects such as a new engineering facility in Hyderabad, India. The U.S. avionics group has built a team of employees covering 14 locations throughout the region.
The facility in Hyderabad, dedicated to...
moreITT consolidates defense biz, seeks larger NextGen role
February 02, 2010
As part of a strategy to shed its image as a maker of clever but lonely boxes, ITT’s defense segment last month announced a realignment aimed at propelling it to the top ranks of wider systems integrators. The company says its redesign “will enable better integration of its product portfolio, encouraging a more coordinated market approach and reduced...
moreAW’s cockpit of the future is based on open architecture
February 01, 2010
A preview of what future AgustaWestland helicopters’ cockpits will look like was seen in the AW149 mockup exhibited at the Paris airshow last June.
The new approach promises to reduce costs, both in the development phase and in the life cycles of aircraft. The higher degree of cockpit commonality among AgustaWestland models promises to save money on pilot...
moreFAA and Europe Vow To Work Together
February 01, 2010
With a view to guaranteeing interoperability between the FAA’s NextGen air traffic management system (ATM) and the European Union’s Sesar (Single European Sky ATM Research), the FAA and the European Commission (EC) launched talks in Brussels aimed at drafting a memorandum of cooperation (MOC) in civil aviation research and development. In a joint statement,...
moreRockwell Finalizes Acquisition of AR Group
February 01, 2010
Early last month, Rockwell Collins completed the acquisition of AR Group and its affiliated companies, including business aviation trip-support services provider Air Routing International. During the transition, the company will be known as “Air Routing International, a Rockwell Collins Company.” According to Rockwell Collins v-p and general manager of...
moreEMS Satcom Now Part of EMS Aviation
February 01, 2010
Recent acquisitions by EMS Technologies have created an identity problem for subsidiary EMS Satcom, based in Ottawa, Canada. As a result, the aero division has been reorganized and folded into a new business group called EMS Aviation. The purchases by EMS Technologies of EMS Formation, a supplier of technology for Aircell’s high-speed Internet service, and...
moreTwin Commander Gets Garmin G600
February 01, 2010
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 redesign and aircraft refurbishment. The panel replacement began by removing the old wiring and installing all new harnesses for the new custom panel. Using technology derived from the G1000 avionics system, the...
moreMlat: Aviation’s Swiss army knife
February 01, 2010
For many, multilateration (sometimes abbreviated Mlat) is one of those vague ATC terms that is always hard to define. Put simply, it is how a spread-out group of small, unmanned, ground-based “listening posts” continuously monitors aircraft transponder signals, and then collectively triangulates them to derive individual aircraft positions. Following that,...
moreLoran-C shutdown plan worries Satnav watchers
February 01, 2010
The U.S. Coast Guard and its parent, the Department of Homeland Security, on January 7 announced that U.S. loran-C stations will be progressively shut down between February and October, since everyone now uses GPS for navigation. The banks and the communications industry also moved from loran to the slightly more accurate GPS for split-second transaction...
moreAspen targets Heli-Expo show
February 01, 2010
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 helicopter show. The Albuquerque, N.M. avionics maker started out with a line of flat-panel displays for light general aviation airplanes and has slowly expanded its product portfolio since then to include...
moreSandel’s helo Taws nears certification finish line
February 01, 2010
Sandel Avionics is concluding certification flight testing of its helicopter-specific terrain awareness warning system and plans delivery of the $18,950 H-Taws shortly after TSO issuance and certification, expected by early April. Sandel president Gerry Block told AIN that with radio altitude and air data computer inputs the panel-mounted H-Taws will meet...
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