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Aspen 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...
moreThales to ink service, spares deal with Hainan
January 31, 2010
Thales is opening a new facility in Singapore today that will employ more than 400 in activities encompassing its complete electronics and systems product portfolio. The France-based company also is set to announce a new long-term avionics spares and component maintenance deal with Hainan Airlines for the support of its Airbus A340-600 fleet. Hainan...
moreCMC selected to upgrade Finnish and UAE trainers
January 31, 2010
Finland’s Patria has chosen Esterline CMC Electronics (CMC) to perform a glass-cockpit upgrade for the Finnish Air Force’s BAE Systems Hawk Mk66 advanced jet trainers. The air force purchased the 18 ex-Swiss Air Force Hawk Mk66s in 2007 to add to its fleet of Hawk Mk51s.
Separately, CMC has won a contract from Pilatus Aircraft to supply its head-up display...
moreHelo satnav approaches make slow progress in France
January 28, 2010
The French helicopter industry is endeavoring to catch up with the U.S. in satellite-aided precision approaches, as it strives to enable landings and takeoffs at hospitals in IMC. The ultimate aim is to build a solid network of inter-hospital low-altitude IFR routes, according to participants at a forum held by the Toulouse-based air and space academy late...
moreEMS Satcom Now a Unit of EMS Aviation
January 21, 2010
Recent acquisitions by EMS Technologies have created an identity problem for subsidiary EMS Satcom of 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 EMS Sky...
moreU.S. To Shut Down Loran-C; eLoran Plans Uncertain
January 19, 2010
The U.S. Coast Guard and its parent agency, the Department of Homeland Security, announced earlier this month that loran-C stations in the U.S. will be progressively shut down between next month and October. The U.S. considers maintaining its loran station network, costing $36 million per year, unaffordable. But UK and European authorities are retaining...
moreFAA Blasts Manufacturers for CVR/FDR Rule Delay
January 12, 2010
The FAA has grudgingly agreed to delay certain portions of an original April 2010 compliance date for installing cockpit voice recorders (CVR) and digital flight data recorders (FDR) in many U.S.-registered airplanes. But the agency issued a stern rebuke to aircraft manufacturers for their failure to address known technical issues sooner. Boeing, Airbus,...
moreSAIBs Address Honeywell FMS Software Glitch
January 12, 2010
The FAA late last week issued special airworthiness information bulletins NM-10-12 and NM-10-13 to address a glitch in software for Honeywell NZ-2000 and FMZ-2000/IC-615/IC-800/IC-1080 Primus Epic flight management systems. Affected units are installed on a wide range of business jets manufactured by Cessna, Bombardier, Dassault Falcon, Gulfstream, Hawker...
moreFAA and Europe Renewing Air Traffic Vows
January 05, 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 last month in Brussels aimed at drafting a memorandum of cooperation (MOC) in civil aviation research and development. The FAA...
moreRockwell Finalizes Acquisition of AR Group
January 05, 2010
Rockwell Collins yesterday 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 vice president and general manager of...
moreNewsmakers 2009: FAA OKs field approvals for Waas LPV upgrades
January 01, 2010
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 for Waas LPV approach capability under a basic field approval rather than having to submit to the cumbersome supplemental type certification process. The result of that effort was an agreement struck in...
moreRockwell Collins Buying AR Group
January 01, 2010
Rockwell Collins last month announced plans to acquire AR Group and its affiliated companies, which includes business aviation trip support services provider Air Routing International. Under the agreement, Rockwell Collins will acquire all of AR Group’s shares for an undisclosed amount. The transaction was expected to close late last month or early this...
moreGE Acquires RNP Procedure Maker Naverus
January 01, 2010
GE Aviation acquired Naverus, the Kent, Wash.-based supplier of performance-based navigation (PBN) services. Among these services are required navigation performance (RNP) procedure development, PBN procedure maintenance, operations support and consulting for airlines, air navigation service providers and airports. GE said that Naverus’s RNP technology will...
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