CommercialLOT Allows In-flight PED Use LOT Polish Airlines has begun allowing its passengers to use their Personal Electronic Devices (PEDs) during all phases of flight. The Polish carrier's decision was influenced by the European Aviation Safety…
Embedded AvionicsNorthrop Grumman Provides Military Navigation Systems The U.S. Air Force issued a purchase and sustainment contract to Northrop Grumman potentially worth $200 million for its suite of Embedded Global Positioning/Internal Navigation Systems (EGI). Under the contract, Northrop…
CommercialAspen Brings Glass Avionics to Robinson Robinson Helicopter has unveiled a new line of glass instrument panels and avionics for its R22, R44 and R66 helicopters. The new line includes Garmin’s GTN 600/700 touch-screen navigators, as well…
ATM ModernizationMoving Towards a Single European Sky [Avionics Today Feb. 14, 2014] Europe features one of the most congested and complex airspaces in the world, with 28 different major airspace navigation service providers managing 26,000 flights per day. The…
Business & GAGogo Biz Achieves In-flight Wi-Fi Milestone Aircell, Gogo's business aviation group, has surpassed 2,000 Gogo Biz system installations. Gogo Biz was first introduced June 2009, to bring Gogo's in-flight connectivity service to business jets. According to Gogo,…
Business & GAWestJet’s 737 Fleet Gets Connected Canadian airline WestJet signed a multi-year agreement with Panasonic Avionics to add wireless satellite-based in-flight connectivity to its fleet of Boeing Next-Generation 737 aircraft. Under the agreement, Panasonic will provide stored…
CommercialAegean Airlines Upgrades With Lufthansa Aegean Airlines, the largest airline in Greece, is upgrading its fleet wide flight procedures with a Lufthansa Systems package, including a five-year contract for the Lido/Flight flight planning solution, as well as…
ATM ModernizationNATS’ ‘Pioneering Deal’ Redoes Radar Sites NATS, the U.K.'s Air Traffic Control (ATC) firm, has signed a "pioneering deal" with two wind turbine developers, SSE and Vattenfall, that has secured enough funding to modify two Raytheon manufactured radar…
Business & GAThe Future of Helicopter Cockpit Avionics [Avionics Today February 12, 2014] Helicopters are no longer lagging behind Air Transport (AT) aircraft and business jets in terms of featuring the most advanced avionics systems, as attendees of the upcoming…
CommercialRockwell Collins Gets New VP, 4 Contracts at Singapore Airshow [Avionics Today February 12, 2014] Rockwell Collins has had a busy week so far in Singapore, announcing a new vice president for its Asia Pacific division along with several commercial and military…