Business & GA

Globalstar Light Aviation Antenna Receives FAA Part 23 STC

Photo: Globalstar [Avionics Today 03-25-2016] The FAA has awarded Globalstar a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for its Part 23 Light Aviation Aircraft Antenna. The antenna aims to enable General Aviation (GA) pilots…

Commercial

Duncan Aviation Emerges as Avionica Authorized Dealer

Technician working on aircraft. Photo: Duncan Aviation [Avionics Today 03-25-2016] Avionica, manufacturer of aircraft data collection and satellite communication data transmission equipment, has chosen Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) center Duncan Aviation…

Business & GA

Play the Avionics News Quiz of March 25

A Chinese national this week plead guilty to hacking into the computers of U.S. Defense contractors, stealing their data and sending military aviation secrets back to China. We encourage you not to…

Commercial

Lord Acquires SKF Fly-By-Wire Subsidiary

Photo: SKF [Avionics Today 03-24-2016] Lord Corp. has agreed to acquire SKF’s Fly-By-Wire Systems France (FbW) subsidiary, which designs and manufactures cockpit controls, sensors, dampers and electromechanical actuators primarily for fly-by-wire systems…

Embedded Avionics

F-35A Block 3 Software Presents Challenges for IOC 

[Avionics Today 03-24-2016] The chief of the F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) says that the fifth generation F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) will not receive its combat capability package until late 2017,…