ATM ModernizationPorter Airlines Deploys Universal FMSs on Q400 Fleet Canada’s Porter Airlines has deployed Universal Avionics’ UNS-1Ew Flight Management Systems (FMS), which provides Localizer Performance with Vertical Guidance (LPV)-capability for its all-Bombardier-Q400 operation. Porter replaced UNS-1E FMSs with dual Universal WAAS/SBAS-…
Embedded AvionicsEsterline to Provide Cockpit Upgrades for PC-21s Esterline CMC Electronics announced two undisclosed international customers have selected its CMA-9000 Flight Management System for their new fleets of Pilatus PC-21 turboprop trainers. The two customers also selected Esterline’s SparrowHawk HUD…
Embedded AvionicsAgusta Westland, Thales Sign Agreement for Sonars Thales has a new agreement to equip Agusta Westland’s Lynx light helicopters with its anti-submarine sonar system, the FLASH Compact sonar. The Thales FLASH system is installed on helicopters currently in service…
Business & GAEmbraer Selects Honeywell Avionics for Next Generation E-Jets Honeywell signed an agreement with Embraer worth $2.8 billion to provide its Primus Epic integrated avionics system for the next generation of E-Jets, scheduled to enter service in 2018. Embraer will launch…
ATM ModernizationFrontier Airlines Approved for RNP AR 0.3 Public Procedures Airbus ProSky company Quovadis assisted Frontier Airlines with the completion of requirements for RNP AR 0.3 operations using its fleet of Airbus A320 family, the companies said Monday. FAA granted Frontier Airlines…
Editor's NoteGE Aviation to Provide Flight Management for Boeing 737 Max Boeing has selected GE Aviation to provide the flight management system for its 737 MAX aircraft. The flight management system will control the aircraft track to the time of arrival within 10…
CommercialHoneywell to Deploy TegoView RFID Parts Tagging Honeywell selected the TegoView RFID parts tagging software to expedite its parts tagging process for the aircraft components it supplies to airframe manufacturers. Tego, developer of TegoView, said the software was developed…
Business & GAProduct Focus: Synthetic Vision Systems The four Honeywell displays include, from left to right, prototype combined enhanced vision system (EVS)/SVS, traditional primary flight display, navigation display and certified synthetic vision display on approach into Morristown, N.J. As…
ATM ModernizationNew Products Amended STC Astronics Corp., based in East Aurora, N.Y., received an amended Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) expanding the number of Beechcraft King Air aircraft that can be equipped with the Astronics Max-Viz-1500…
Business & GAWhite Paper: What Can Real-Time Data Do for iPad EFB Apps? Apple’s iPad is a revolutionary device to the aviation industry. So much so that, 2012 marked the year of the “iPad Cockpit Invasion.” Many major airlines, including American Airlines, Alaska Airlines and…