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…
Editor's NoteEditor's Note: Back from the Brink The clock struck midnight on Dec. 31, the ball dropped, confetti was thrown and, the United States teetered on the brink, but did not fall over, the fiscal cliff. It took some…
ATM ModernizationIndustry Scan A passenger connects onboard Emirates’ A380 via OnAir’s connectivity system. OnAir CEO Sees 2013 as a Big Year for In-Flight Connectivity OnAir, a key service provider in the in-flight connectivity arena, is…
ATM ModernizationTraffic Tools The Thales TRAC 2000 radar, pictured here in Ymare, France, is designed for en-route control area, allowing reduced separation between aircraft, according to the company. Here is is co-mounted with the RSM…