Commercial

China Eastern Selects HGS, MMR for Boeing 737s

[Avionics Today 03-26-2015] China Eastern has selected a Head-up Guidance System (HGS) and Multi-Mode Receiver from Rockwell Collins for 20 Next-Generation Boeing 737 aircraft. Deliveries of the 737s to China Eastern will…

Commercial

Finnair to Invest in Connected Aircraft

[Avionics Today 03-26-2015] Finnair is ready to invest $32.7 million in Wi-Fi connectivity equipage for the majority of its wide-body and narrow-body fleet. The state-run passenger airline confirmed its plans to invest…

ATM Modernization

Space-Based ADS-B Q&A With Skip Nelson

[Avionics Today 03-24-2015] In September 2014 ADS-B Technologies completed a 7,000 nautical mile (nm) public flight demonstration of its space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) Link Augmentation System (ALAS). The system has been…

Embedded Avionics

IS&S Completes NextGen C-130 FMS Flight Testing

[Avionics Today 03-24-2015] Innovative Solutions & Support (IS&S) completed the flight testing and customer delivery of its NextGen Flight Management System (FMS) on the Lockheed Martin C-130 military transport aircraft. The flight…

ATM Modernization

ADS-B Equipage Reaches 10,000

[Avionics Today 03-24-2015] The FAA made an announcement during last week's Equip 2020 working group meeting that rule-compliant DO-260B Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) equipment has been installed onboard 10,000 U.S.-registered aircraft. According…

Business & GA

Silver Air to Equip With Gogo Biz

[Avionics Today 03-24-2015] Santa Barbara, Calif.-based charter operator Silver Air is outfitting its entire fleet of business jets with Gogo Biz mobile broadband Internet. The Silver Air fleet currently features Wi-Fi on…

Commercial

US Army to Use Ensco Avionics in GBSAA

[Avionics Today 03-24-2015] The U.S. Army will use the Ensco Avionics IGL and IData tool suite to develop its Ground Based Sense and Avoid Alert Display (GBSAA) subsystem. According to Ensco, the…