Business & GAPacific Coast Adds ADS-B to Citation V Cockpit Pacific Coast Avionics has completed a panel upgrade that added ADS-B "In" and "Out" functions to a completely redesigned cockpit on a Citation V business jet operated by Westwood Development Corp. …
ATM ModernizationFAA Dedicates 'Green' Air Traffic Control Tower in Palm Springs FAA on Thursday dedicated a new air traffic control tower at Palm Springs airport that incorporates "green" money-saving features. The tower has been operational since July, though FAA officials traveled to…
ATM ModernizationAvionics for NextGen: Airline Equipage, Mandates and Sequestration Hundreds of aviation professionals gathered in Atlantic City, N.J., this week to hear about NextGen technologies, implementation and challenges at Avionics Magazine’s third annual Avionics for NextGen conference. Frank Lobiondo, chairman…
CommercialNorthrop Grumman Working on Triton Radar System Northrop Grumman is flight testing a radar system that will provide its Triton unmanned aircraft system (UAS) with 360-degree views of ocean and coastal regions. (Triton UAS. Photo, courtesy of…
Embedded AvionicsBeechcraft AT-6 Ready for New Airborne Radio System Beechcraft's AT-6 light attack jet is the first fixed-wing aircraft to perform air to ground communications using the Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System Situational Awareness (SINCGARS SA) Waveform capability. …
CommercialFAA Requiring Inspections of Honeywell ELTs FAA on Tuesday issued a new airworthiness directive (AD) requiring airlines to inspect more all aircraft equipped with Honeywell emergency locator transmitters (ELT). The directive requires inspections of Boeing, McDonnell Douglas,…
CommercialRockwell Collins Forms MRO, Development Agreements With AAR, AFRL Rockwell Collins has a new long-term service agreement to provide avionics maintenance for a fleet of more than 300 passenger jets operated by Illinois-based aerospace and defense contractor AAR. Under the…
ATM ModernizationIncidents of Airplanes Flying Too Close Together Doubled in 2012 The number of incidents involving aircraft flying too close to each other within the National Airspace System (NAS) doubled to 4,394 in 2012, according to an air traffic safety report issued by…