Business & GA

Guardian Avionics Unveils ‘Smart’ Product Line

Guardian Avionics’ smartPlane system, and product line and applications, are now available to general aviation aircraft owners, the Arizona-based company said. The FAA-approved iPad-based multifunction display and flight data recorder system feature…

Business & GA

AIA Hires Former Boeing Commercial Airplanes Exec

Aerospace Industries Assn. (AIA) has hired former Boeing Commercial Airplanes executive David Silver, the association said. He joins the organization as its VP of Civil Aviation. “We are delighted to welcome David…

Embedded Avionics

FAA to Study Enhanced Vision for Helicopter Operations

Astronics Corp. subsidiary Astronics Max-Viz is teaming up with the FAA to research operational concepts for the use of enhanced vision systems in helicopters, Astronics said. The collaboration employs Astronics’ Max-Viz 1500…

Military

Navair Tests Wide-Area Motion Imagery Sensor Onboard Drone

A wide-area motion imagery (WAMI) sensor has successfully completed testing onboard a Navmar Applied Sciences Corp. TigerShark unmanned aircraft system (UAS), Logos Technologies said. The test of the company’s Redkite sensor was…

Military

Rockwell Collins to Support KC-10 Fleet Repair

  L-3 Technologies recently awarded Rockwell Collins a repair chain management contract to support the repair of over 500 parts for the U.S. Air Force on 59 KC-10 aircraft. Rockwell Collins will…

Embedded Avionics

Eurocontrol, GNSS Working Group See MOPS Progress

A working group met at Eurocontrol headquarters at the end of June to discuss the development of worldwide standards for the next generation of global satellite navigation system (GNSS) receivers, Eurcontrol said.…

Commercial

IATA, WMO to Expand Aircraft Weather Observation Program

The International Air Transport Assn. (IATA) has agreed to a new arrangement that will help expand a global aviation weather monitoring system that currently produces 700,000 weather observations per day. Under a new…

Connectivity

Panasonic Avionics Boosts In-flight Connectivity Over Canada

To provide Panasonic Avionics with added capacity to address growing customer demand for its in-flight Connectivity service, Hunter Communications and Eutelsat Americas announced the expansion of their multi-transponder contract on the Eutelsat…