Business & GA

Universal to Supply Avionics for Hawker

Universal Avionics Systems Corp., Tucson, Ariz., will supply its digital flat panel glass displays and flight management systems for a fleet of Hawker 125-700B series aircraft. The package includes Universal’s SBAS-capable UNS-1Fw…

Military

Teams Tests Camera on ScanEagle UAV

Boeing, Goodrich Corp., and Insitu flight-tested a ScanEagle unmanned aircraft equipped for the first time with a short-wave infrared (SWIR) camera. The camera, built by Goodrich's Sensors Unlimited unit, enables ScanEagle operators…

Commercial

Delta Selects Aircell's Web System

Delta Air Lines announced plans to install Aircell’s Wi-Fi broadband network on its fleet of 330 aircraft. The Aircell system, named Gogo, will allow passengers with Wi-Fi devices, such as iPhones and…

ATM Modernization

RTCA’s Watrous Retiring

Longtime RTCA president, David Watrous, is stepping down at the end of August, according to a memo obtained by Avionics Magazine. Watrous, a former career officer in the U.S. Air Force and…

Military

Elbit to Supply UAVs to Australian Army

Elbit Systems, Haifa, Israel, won a multimillion contract from the Australian army to provide its Skylark I UAV systems. This is the Australian Department of Defense's third Skylark order, following the initial…

Military

Sensor Sense

Two new armed reconnaissance, surveillance and target acquisition platforms will enhance the situational awareness and lethality of U.S. Army aviation brigades by carrying the Common Sensor Payload (CSP). The General Atomics Aeronautical…

Commercial

RCAT: Testbed for Nextgen

One of the most important aspects of the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) is ensuring that Department of Defense (DoD) and civil aviation can operate seamlessly in both national and international…

Business & GA

Office In the Sky

Once seen as optional capabilities, access to the Internet, e-mail, corporate Virtual Private Networks (VPN), telephone, fax and other office amenities increasingly are considered must-have features for business aircraft, easily turning the…

ATM Modernization

New Products

Graphics Processing Unit, Human Interface Quantum3D, Inc., of San Jose, Calif., was selected by Gables Engineering to provide its IGL178 and IData178 computing systems for use in Gables’ new Multi-Function Display (MFD)…

Business & GA

Inflight Entertainment

Most business sectors within avionics typically see one or two major technology and/or customer demand trends in any given year. But with as many as three or four distinct trends and developments…