Business & GA

Eclipse 550 Jet Gets Final Production Certificate from FAA

FAA issued an amended production certificate (PC) to Eclipse Aerospace Thursday, authorizing final assembly, test and certification for its new production 550 twin-engine very light business jet. The final production certification comes…

Business & GA

Solar-Powered Airplane Ready for Coast-to-Coast U.S. Flight

Swiss pilots Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg, founders of the Solar Impulse project, on Thursday announced a schedule for their coast-to-coast U.S. flight with their aircraft powered exclusively by solar energy. Piccard…

Embedded Avionics

U.S. Navy Selects Northrop Grumman for CAINS II

The U.S. Naval Supply Systems Command selected Northrop Grumman for a $13.2 million contract to provide logistics and support for the AN/ASN-139 Carrier Aircraft Inertial Navigation System (CAINS II). The AN/ASN-139 CAINS…

Business & GA

Aircell Announces Gogo Biz Expansion in Canada

In-flight connectivity equipment provider Aircell released details on the expansion of Gogo Biz in-flight Internet service for business aircraft operating in Canadian airspace. Currently Gogo Biz, introduced to the U.S. business aviation…

ATM Modernization

Aeroflex Adds WAAS LPV Simulation to Portable GPS System

Aeroflex announced a new feature for its GPSG-1000 Portable GPS Simulator, the ability to simulate Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) Localizer Performance with Virtual Guidance (LPV) runway approaches. FAA originally introduced WAAS…

ATM Modernization

FreeFlight, Aspen Partner to Develop ADS-B Solutions

FreeFlight Systems announced a new partnership with Aspen Avionics to develop automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) systems. The new line of ADS-B systems will be distributed under the Aspen brand. The two companies…