Business & GABusiness Aviation Ramping Up ADS-B, but 5,500 Aircraft May Fail to Meet Deadline While the FAA is likely to limit significantly the number of exemptions granted for flights of aircraft without Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (Out) after Jan. 1 next year, nearly 5,500 business aviation aircraft…
CommercialLight Commercial Helicopter Market Fertile for Health Usage Monitoring Systems Lower costs for health usage and monitoring systems (HUMS) make the commercial light helicopter market a fertile field for HUMS makers, like Vermont-based Green Power Mountain Systems (GPMS), Honeywell, and Collins Aerospace.…
CommercialRaytheon Showcases Cyber Anomaly Detection System for Aircraft Raytheon has developed a Cyber Anomaly Detection System (CADS) for aircraft that carry the MIL-STD-1553 data bus, and its commercial counterpart, ARINC-429, company executives said during an Oct. 3 briefing to discuss…
MilitaryL3Harris Touts F/A-18 Avionics Experience After Contract Wins On Oct. 1, L3Harris touted its experience building avionics systems for the U.S. Navy F/A-18 Hornets and Super Hornets a day after the company secured avionics supplier contracts for the aircraft. On…
CommercialAvionics a Significant Part of Airbus Helicopters' Business GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas – The world of avionics was a wholly different realm–one of steam gauges–when Vought Helicopters started operations in 1969 with just 17 Alouette II and III helicopters and 43…
MilitaryAirbus Helicopters Expects to Deliver First H160M by 2026 COLUMBUS, Miss. – During a briefing at one of its U.S.-based helicopter manufacturing facilities, Airbus Helicopters President Romain Trapp said that the company looks forward to the introduction of the H160M for…
Business & GAStandardAero and Thales Partners on Certification and Distribution of TopMax Display StandardAero and Thales have signed an agreement to work toward certification and distribution of the Thales TopMax Head-Up Display for business aviation aircraft, the companies said on Sept. 26. Kyle Hultquist,…
MilitaryAirbus Points to 5.5 Million Hours of H135 IFR Flight as Key in Offering for Navy Trainer COLUMBUS, Miss.— Airbus Helicopters is pointing to the twin engine H135 helicopter's 5.5 million hours of instrument flight rules (IFR) experience since the year 2000 as a key differentiator in the Navy…