Commercial

Carlisle Acquires Star Aviation

[Avionics Magazine 10-07-2016] Carlisle Companies has acquired Star Aviation, provider of design and engineering services, testing and certification work and manufactured products for In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) applications on commercial, business and military…

ATM Modernization

NATS Designs New VCCS for London Luton

View from the London Luton control tower. Photo: NATS [Avionics Magazine 10-07-2016] The U.K.’s Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP) NATS has designed London Luton’s replacement Voice Communications and Control System (VCCS) that…

Commercial

ICAO Passes Resolution to Limit Aviation Emissions

ICAO headquarters. Photo: ICAO [Avionics Magazine 10-06-2016] The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has reached a landmark agreement to curb CO2 emissions from international aviation. The Paris Agreement, which aims to limit…

Business & GA

Major Regulators Certify HUD EVS for Legacy 450/500

Rockwell Collins' Head-up Guidance System (HUGS) with synthetic and multispectral enhanced vision for the Embraer Legacy 450 and 500. Photo: Rockwell Collins [Avionics Magazine 10-06-2016] The FAA, EASA and Brazil’s civil aviation…

Military

FACE Consortium Launches Under Open Group

Photo: Abaco Systems [Avionics Magazine 10-06-2016] The open group of the Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE) Conformance Program has launched. The FACE Conformance Program defines the processes to verify, certify, and provide…

Business & GA

Constant Aviation to Develop Gogo 4G STCs

Constant Aviation maintenance technician working on an aircraft. Photo: Constant Aviation [Avionics Magazine 10-06-2016] As Gogo Business Aviation continues toward the scheduled launch of its 4G service in the first half of…

Commercial

SpiceJet Cockpits Go Paperless with Arconics AeroDocs

SpiceJet aircraft leaving runway. Photo: Wikimedia [Avionics Magazine 10-05-2016] Aircraft software company Arconics will deliver its AeroDocs aviation document management system software to SpiceJet. SpiceJet is a fast-growing Low Cost Carrier (LCC)…