Business & GARockwell Collins Combining Enhanced, Synthetic Vision for Global 5500/6500 Rockwell Collins has launched its combined vision system (CVS) on the Bombardier Global 5500 and 6500 business jets. The CVS merges infrared enhanced vision and synthetic vision system imagery into a single…
Business & GARockwell Collins Latest ADS-B Out Certified for Part 25 Aircraft Rockwell Collins has received an approved model list supplemental type certificate (AML-STC) for its ADS-B Out on Part 25 aircraft. The certification includes the latest TDR-94/94D Mode S transponder variant and covers…
Business & GABombardier Adding HUD, EVS to Challenger 350 Bombardier will be offering a Rockwell Collins-supplied head-up display (HUD) and enhanced vision system (EVS) option on its Challenger 350 business jet. With the addition of the lightweight HUD to the current synthetic…
Business & GAWill Waveguide Become Standard in Future Head-Up Displays? Pilots flying the Embraer Legacy 450 and 500 business jets are among the first to be using an augmented reality-based technology within their head-up displays (HUDs). The technology, waveguide optics, is designed…
Embedded AvionicsHow ACARS Will Evolve, Not Disappear, With Transition to IPS The Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS) will not disappear in 2025 — or 2030 for that matter. Today, ACARS is well known by flight operations engineers as the character-based messaging…
MilitaryAustralia to Upgrade CH-47 Cockpit Avionics Australia’s CH-47 Chinook heavy-lift helicopters will receive avionics upgrades and extended maintenance support under a new performance-based logistics deal cut with Rockwell Collins. The agreement extends to 2020 and calls for Rockwell…
MilitaryRemote Vision System Update Stands Between Boeing and KC-46A Completion Boeing has finished 95% of the testing it must conduct on its new KC-46A Pegasus tanker before it can start delivering the refueling jet to the U.S. Air Force. In those tests, the…
MilitaryUS Air Force Wants Pro Line 21 to Push T-1A Trainer to 2030s The first T-1A Jayhawk was delivered to Reese Air Force Base in Texas in the beginning of 1992, more than 26 years ago. The U.S. Air Force is determined that the Raytheon-built…
Business & GARockwell Collins ADS-B Certification Features Applied Avionics Annunciator Applied Avionics’ Vivisun LED annunciator is used in the new Rockwell Collins approved model list STC for ADS-B Out on part 23 aircraft models. The certification covers 32 unique aircraft models from…
MilitaryKorean F-16s To Get New Tech from Elbit and Rockwell Collins Rockwell Collins and Elbit System, through a joint venture, will incorporate the joint helmet-mounted cueing system II into Republic of Korea Air Force F-16s. The helmet technology integrates with the aircraft to…