Embedded AvionicsFrench Military to Install Sandel Cockpit Upgrades on Pumas The French Military is retrofitting its fleet of 50 Puma transport helicopters with SN4500 cockpit displays from Sandel Avionics. (French military Puma with SN4500 displays. Photo, courtesy of Sandel.) …
CommercialEuro Hawk Sets UAS Endurance Record Northrop Grumman's Euro Hawk unmanned aircraft system (UAS) set an endurance record with a flight over Manching Air Base, Germany, last month that lasted 25.3 hours. (The Euro Hawk, with…
CommercialTurkish Airlines Selects New Flight Simulator Image Generation Turkish Airlines has selected the EP-8000 image generation system from Rockwell Collins for its flight simulation platform. (C-17 image generated from EP-8000. Photo, courtesy of Rockwell Collins.) The EP-800…
CommercialIFE to Bring FlightPath3D Moving Map to More Airlines IFE Services has a new partnership agreement with Betria Interactive to begin introducing the FlightPath3D moving map to commercial aircraft. (FlightPath3D moving map. Photo, courtesy of Betria.) FlightPath3D, an…
ATM ModernizationOIG: FAA Needs to Improve Air Traffic Controller Scheduling FAA's policy regulating the scheduling of its air traffic controller workforce needs improvement to mitigate its impact on fatigue, controller performance and agency costs, according to a new report released by the…
Business & GAGarmin Working on Beechjet, Hawker G5000 Avionics Retrofit Garmin is currently developing a G5000 avionics retrofit for Beechjet 400A and Hawker 400 XP jets. (An illustration of what the Beechjet 400A G5000 cockpit will look like. Photo, courtesy…
CommercialPassenger Connections Delta Air Lines, which flies more than 800 domestic aircraft equipped with Wi-Fi, plans to expand that connectivity to its long-haul international fleet of more than 150 aircraft by 2015. The proliferation…
CommercialWhite Paper: IFEC Network Services In-flight communications and connectivity has evolved dramatically in recent years, and continual embedded technology advancements help to speed and simplify development even further. Next-generation systems are driven by increasing passenger expectations and…
CommercialProduct Focus: Test Equipment The Aeroflex RF Expansion Module is developed and manufactured by Aeroflex Test Solutions in partnership with the Test & Services activities inside Cassidian. The system is designed to support testing of airborne…
ATM ModernizationNew Products Helmet Mounted Display Elbit Systems America, based in Fort Worth, Texas, introduced JHMCS II, the second generation of its Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System (JHMCS). JHMCS II is a helmet mounted display…