Commercial

David Melcher Steps in as CEO of AIA

David Melcher, AIA CEO. Photo: Exelis [Avionics Today 06-05-2015] The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) has announced David F. Melcher will step up as its president and chief executive officer, effective June 8,…

Commercial

Cathay Selects Rockwell Collins Visual System for A350 XWB FFS

Image from Rockwell Collins’ EP-8000 image generator. Photo: Rockwell Collins [Avionics Today 06-05-2015] Cathay Pacific Airways has selected Rockwell Collins’ new visual system that combines the JVC Kenwood VS2500 laser-hybrid projector with…

Embedded Avionics

NATO Unveils Ground Surveillance Aircraft Aimed at Enhancing ISR

The first NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) aircraft at its unveiling in Palmdale, Calif. Photo: Northrop Grumman [Avionics Today 06-05-2015] Expanding NATO's joint Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) capability, Northrop Grumman and…

Business & GA

HAL, BEL Collaborate on Indian Avionics

Shri S. Subrahmanyan, Director (Operations)-HAL (second from left) and Shri P.C. Jain, Director(Marketing)-BEL, exchanging the MoU for sharing expertise in avionics. Shri T. Suvarna Raju, CMD-HAL (extreme left), Shri S.K. Sharma, CMD-BEL…

ATM Modernization

Eurocontrol: European Air Traffic Sees Uptick as Routes Shift

Eurocontrol Network Manager Operations Centre de Bruxelles. Photo: Eurocontrol [Avionics Today 06-03-2015] Eurocontrol’s independent Performance Review Commission (PRC) has published a report on how Europe’s Air Traffic Management (ATM) system performed in…