Latest Articles by Brian Nessen

Commercial

Trimble Launches AX60i, AX80

[Avionics Today Feb. 20, 2014] Trimble has unveiled two new additions to its airborne LIDAR systems portfolio, the AX60i and AX80, designed for fixed wing and rotorcraft.    The systems are designed…

Business & GA

Garmin Adds Synthetic Vision to iPad App

Garmin has updated its iPad and iPhone-based Garmin Pilot to include Synthetic Vision (SV).    The synthetic vision display within Garmin Pilot as it appears when used in conjunction with a GDL…

Embedded Avionics

US Navy Tests Super Hornet Infrared Sensor

The U.S. Navy completed its first flight test of the Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet Infrared Search and Track (IRST) sensor, designed to find hard-to-track targets over long distances.    Boeing…

Business & GA

Should the US Ban In-flight Calling?

[Avionics Today Feb. 18, 2014] U.S. transportation officials are considering a ban on in-flight cell phone calls, as lawmakers consider a bill that would do just that. The Department of Transportation (DOT)…

Embedded Avionics

Boeing Upgrades French E-3F 

[Avionics Today Feb. 18, 2014]  Boeing has completed the Mid-Life Upgrade on the first of four E-3F Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft for the French Air Force.  The upgrade was…

Commercial

Qatar Gets Better In-flight Weather

[Avionics Today Feb. 18, 2014] Qatar Airways has signed a five-year agreement with Boeing to upgrade the weather monitoring abilities of its commercial aircraft fleet.  The upgrade, called the Boeing Wind Updates service,…

Business & GA

ATR Making iPad EFB Software

European turboprop aircraft manufacturer ATR has developed Single-point Performance Software (SPS), a computation application for iPad Electronic Flight Bags (EFBs) that allows pilots to compute their takeoff and landing parameters in real…