Commercial

Turbine, Traditional

What did Robinson Helicopter Co. equip its new, five-place R66 Turbine with for avionics? You might say the company danced with the one who brought it. After years on the drawing board,…

Business & GA

Panasonic Completes eXTV Flight

Panasonic Avionics completed the first test flight of its eXTV television service. During the flight, the eXTV delivered a live television feed to a Boeing Business Jet equipped with Panasonic's eXConnect service.…

Commercial

AV Developing Nano UAV for DARPA

AeroVironment (AV), of Monrovia, Calif., completed a controlled, precision hovering and fast-forward flight of a two-wing, flapping wing, "hummingbird-like" aircraft it is developing for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Nano…

Military

Navy Deploys EA-18G For First Time

Boeing's EA-18G Growler airborne electronic attack aircraft have been deployed for the first time by the U.S. Navy, the airframer announced Thursday. "The men and women of Boeing are honored to see…

Commercial

UPS Selects Boeing AHM for MD-11 Fleet

UPS will equip its fleet of MD-11 Freighters with Boeing's Airplane Health Management (AHM) system, the companies announced Wednesday. UPS already uses the system on its fleet of 747-400 Freighters. The expanded agreement covers 38…

ATM Modernization

FAA: Air Travel Projected to Double by 2031

Air travel is expected to double over the next 20 years, and the U.S. will hit 1 billion passengers per year by 2021, according to a new FAA forecast. This rise in air…

Embedded Avionics

ARINC to Upgrade E-6Bs for Rockwell Collins

ARINC Engineering Services will perform a major communication systems upgrade on U.S. Navy E-6Bs, under a contract with Rockwell Collins. The aircraft are part of the Take Charge And Move Out (TACAMO) strategic…

Commercial

SAS to Install Panasonic Connectivity System

Panasonic Avionics Corp. signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) to install its eXConnect in-flight connectivity system on aircraft operating on the airline's domestic, pan-European and intercontinental flights. While…

ATM Modernization

FAA Seeks NextGen Equipage Direction

The next few months could be formative in specifying the types of onboard equipment aircraft will need to exploit NextGen “mid-term” efficiencies planned by 2018. FAA has issued an equipage tasking request…

Business & GA

Thales Officially Forms Indian JV

The avionics joint venture between India-based Samtel Display Systems Ltd. and Thales Avionics has been officially incorporated, the companies announced last week. Samtel Thales Avionics Ltd., which was announced in 2008 and…