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March 6, 2013
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has selected Honeywell’s SmartPath ground-based augmentation system (GBAS) as part of a pilot project to launch satellite-based approaches and landings at Chennai International Airport. The pilot project is part of the U.S.-India Aviation Cooperation Program...March 5, 2013
Sikorsky is awarding a five-year follow-on contract to L-3 Aviation Products to equip its H-60 and S-70i helicopter platforms with the GH-3001 Electronic Standby Instrument System (ESIS), Stormscope...March 5, 2013
Northrop Grumman announced plans to close its information systems facility in Dominguez Hills, Calif. and designate five centers of design and integration excellence in support of its aerospace systems business. The California facility is being closed in an effort to reduce operational costs and the centers of design and integration excellence will consolidate work that is currently being performed...March 4, 2013
Rockwell Collins anticipated sequestration by adjusting infrastructure and reducing operating costs for its fiscal year 2013 budget, but the Iowa-based aerospace and defense manufacturer is disappointed to see that the government was unable to avert the automatic spending, according to a statement released Friday. After weeks of warning how negative the impact of the $85 billion in across-the-board federal...March 1, 2013
Honeywell’s IntuVue 3-D Weather Radar Hazard Display Update V1.0 has been selected by Turkish discount carrier Pegasus Airlines. Pegasus Airlines’ selection of the upgrade brings new features, including hail and lightning prediction and the industry’s longest turbulence detection range, to Europe for the first time following the...February 28, 2013
Honeywell has extended its strategic partnership with China Eastern Airlines, signing a series of agreements to provide avionics products for 58 new Boeing 737NGs, scheduled to be delivered over the next five years. Honeywell will also provide wheels and brakes for 15 new Airbus A330s. The Honeywell avionics products that will be installed on China...February 28, 2013
L-3 Link’s Crawley, U.K.-based operation has updated a Lufthansa flight training A380 simulator to the latest Airbus 1.3 product baseline. The updates focused on the simulator’s aircraft...February 27, 2013
Astronics’s Max-Viz-1500 enhanced vision system received approval by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) for retrofit installation in Bell B206B/206L-4/407 helicopters. “Astronics concurs with Bell Helicopter’s assessment that China will be the...February 27, 2013
Boeing’s Phantom Eye unmanned aircraft system (UAS) made its second flight Monday at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. (Boeing Phantom Eye. Photo, courtesy of Boeing.) The liquid-hydrogen powered UAS climbed to an altitude above 8,000 feet for just over an hour, exceeding its...February 27, 2013
Piper Aircraft has selected Garmin's G1000 integrated flight deck for its twin-engine Seneca V model aircraft. “We have a strong, long-standing partnership with Piper Aircraft, and we are honored by the confidence they continue to show in Garmin avionics,” said Carl Wolf, Garmin’s vice president of aviation...February 27, 2013
Rockwell Collins received a $3.2 million technology investment agreement from the Department of Defense (DoD) to continue the next phase of the low-cost military GPS program. DoD previously selected the company for the first phase of the program to develop the next generation military GPS selective availability...February 26, 2013
Duncan Aviation certified the installation of an L-3 Communications Avionics Systems GH-3900.2 Electronic Standby Instrument System for Dassault Falcon 2000 and 2000EX aircraft. This multi-use Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) also includes a Securaplane standby instruments backup battery. The installation was completed at Duncan...February 26, 2013
Airbus has selected Rockwell Collins to provide the rudder/brake pedal assembly for its A350 XWB family aircraft. Rockwell Collins said this is the most content the company...February 22, 2013
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood shared more details about the potential impacts of the looming federal spending cuts known as sequestration Friday, saying that his department is in discussion with unions to close over 100 domestic air traffic control towers due to furloughs and layoffs. LaHood has been one of several members of the Obama administration recently discussing the impact of the $85...February 22, 2013
ViaSat’s VR-12 Ka-band satellite antenna system has passed industry standard DO-160G testing to earn FAA and international certification covering electrical and electronic equipment installed on commercial aircraft. The certification also applies to helicopters and general aviation...February 22, 2013
The U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) has awarded Boeing subsidiary Insitu a 26-month Mid-Endurance Unmanned Aircraft Systems (MEUAS) Intelligence Gathering, Target Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR)...February 21, 2013
Thales announced the expansion of its avionics offerings with its new company Thales Visionix. The company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Thales, and the...February 20, 2013
Boeing received a $3 million contract to provide the Line of Sight-Short (LOS-S) laser targeting system for the U.S. Air Force. The LOS-S is designed to support the Air Force’s Battlefield Air Operations Kit...February 20, 2013
President Barack Obama on Tuesday warned that the $85 billion across-the-board federal budget cuts scheduled for March 1st will lead to canceled flights and travel delays at airports across the nation if the sequester is not averted. Unless Congress agrees to delay or change the cuts, the Office of Management and Budget will cut $85 billion in federal spending for the fiscal year 2013, as mandated by the...February 19, 2013
Air navigation service provider NAV Portugal has partnered with air transport communications provider SITA to implement the data link infrastructure required to comply with the EU Regulations for the Single European Sky, which come into force this month. Under the 10-year agreement with NAV Portugal, SITA will provide the air/ground data link communication infrastructure to enable CPDLC service in NAV...
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