ATM ModernizationAvionics, Satellite-Based Approaches Help Reduce Eurocopter Sound Footprint During recent test flights in Marignane, France, Eurocopter used a combination of avionics and augmented satellite guidance to develop landing approaches that could lead to a significant reduction of the sound footprint…
Business & GAFAA Approves New Flight Deck for Piper PA-32 Saratoga FAA has issued Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) approval for installation of the Avidyne Entegra Release 9 Integrated Flight Deck (R9) on the Piper PA-32-301 series Saratoga aircraft. (The upgraded Piper-PA-32…
Embedded AvionicsBoeing to Expand Support for Australian Air Defense System Boeing will expand its support of an Australian air defense command and control system, Vigilare, under a new five-year $60 million contract announced Thursday with the Australian Department of Defense. Boeing…
Embedded AvionicsU.S. Navy Taps Raytheon to Develop New Airborne Jammer Raytheon has edged out several competitors for the opportunity to develop a new U.S. Navy airborne system to jam enemy radar and communications. But it may be too early for Raytheon to…
CommercialNavy Completes First X-47B Arrested Landing The U.S. Navy on Wednesday conducted the first arrested landing onto an aircraft carrier with Northrop Grumman's X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) carrier demonstration aircraft. (The X-47B aboard USS…
Business & GADanish Air Transport Selects Installed, Mobile EFBs Charter carrier Danish Air Transport has a new three-year charting and electronic flight bag (EFB) service agreement with Jeppesen to begin using a combination of onboard and mobile EFBs. (Jeppesen's…
CommercialMalaysia Airlines Upgrades A380 Avionics Malaysia Airlines is upgrading its Airbus A380 fleet with Lufthansa Systems' Airport Mapping Database Lido/AMDB, which will provide the data necessary to operate the Onboard Airport Navigation System currently installed on the…
CommercialThales Announces New In-Flight Entertainment Chief Executive Thales on Tuesday named Dominique Giannoni as the new chief executive of its California-based in-flight entertainment and connectivity (IFEC) business. Giannoni first joined the company as the head of its…