Business & GA

Dassault Service Center Starts in on Falcon 7X C-Checks

Dassault Falcon Service completes first scheduled C-Check on Falcon 7X. Photo: Dassault Falcon Service [Avionics Today 03-31-2015] Dassault Falcon Service (DFS) service center has completed an initial C-check on an in-service Falcon…

ATM Modernization

US Army Ups RNP-RNAV on CH-47F Chinooks

CH-47F Chinook. Photo: Boeing [Avionics Today 03-31-2015] The U.S. Army is equipping its CH-47F Chinook helicopters with a Rockwell Collins Required Navigation Performance-Area Navigation (RNP-RNAV) upgrade. The upgrade for CH-47F Chinooks equipped…

Embedded Avionics

Northrop Grumman Refocuses on Growing ISR Business

[Avionics Today 03-31-2015] Northrop Grumman Corporation's Electronic Systems sector is repositioning its Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Targeting Systems Division (ISR&TSD) to expand focus on the growing airborne and space ISR business. The…

ATM Modernization

ATCs Try Out Time-Based Separation at Heathrow

ATCs overlook operations from inside the Heathrow tower. Photo: NATS (flickr) [Avionics Today 03-30-2015] Time-Based Separation (TBS), a new way of separating arriving aircraft by time instead of distance in order to…