Business & GAPacific Coast Avionics Completes Twin Otter Upgrades Pacific Coast Avionics, based in Aurora, Ore., was awarded a contract for custom panel upgrades for three DeHavilland DHC-6-300 Twin Otters operated by TAC Air out of Coronado, Calif. The Twin Otters…
ATM ModernizationBoeing Awarded GPS Constellation Contract Extension Boeing will continue modernizing the GPS satellite constellation for up to five more years, extending the company's role in the vital military and civilian navigation network. The U.S. Air Force, which operates…
CommercialNorthrop Grumman Flies New Software, Hardware on Global Hawk Northrop Grumman flew a RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft for the first time using open architecture-based command and control software and hardware developed by the company, moving the company one step closer…
Embedded AvionicsRockwell Collins Signs Agreement with Tata Power Strategic Rockwell Collins and Tata Power Strategic Engineering Division, a system integrator in the Indian defense industry, signed teaming agreement as part of their pursuit of the Indian Air Force Software Defined Radio…
ATM ModernizationPorter Airlines Deploys Universal FMSs on Q400 Fleet Canada’s Porter Airlines has deployed Universal Avionics’ UNS-1Ew Flight Management Systems (FMS), which provides Localizer Performance with Vertical Guidance (LPV)-capability for its all-Bombardier-Q400 operation. Porter replaced UNS-1E FMSs with dual Universal WAAS/SBAS-…
ATM ModernizationFrontier Airlines Approved for RNP AR 0.3 Public Procedures Airbus ProSky company Quovadis assisted Frontier Airlines with the completion of requirements for RNP AR 0.3 operations using its fleet of Airbus A320 family, the companies said Monday. FAA granted Frontier Airlines…
CommercialRockwell Collins Signs MRO Agreement with Emirates Rockwell Collins has signed a service agreement with Dubai-based Emirates Airline for maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) of Rockwell Collins avionics on Emirates’ fleet. The five-year agreement provides fixed repair costs and…
Business & GACoast Guard Completes Flight Deck of Upgraded HC-130H The U.S. Coast Guard recently completed a successful Functional Check Flight of an HC-130H enhanced with an advanced avionics upgrade from Rockwell Collins under the Coast Guard’s Avionics 1 Upgrade program, the…