Business & GAQuestion #16 If you consider a Wi-Fi Switch in the cockpit does this affect the operation which leads into the AFM causing activities with the FAA AEG? ANSWER: The STC AFMS will cover the operation of the switch. Learn more about this topic: Read the answers to other questions from this Webinar. Join the conversation! Post your comments…
Business & GAQuestion #32 Why is it then required to install a cockpit Wi-Fi inhibit switch if the aircraft has been tested for the maximum power of WLAN 4W? ANSWER: Since the airline crash 6-7 years ago leaving JFK caused by the IFE system overheating, the IFE system and Wi-Fi features “must” have a switch in the cockpit so the pilot…
Business & GANorthrop Grumman Awarded Software Contract for CH-53K Northrop Grumman was awarded a $5.6 million, Phase II contract by the U.S. Navy to modify existing software for the LN-251 embedded GPS/fiber-optic inertial navigation system (INS) on the new CH-53K Super…
CommercialBAE Signs Avionics MRO Agreement with ADAT, SR Technics BAE Systems’ Commercial Aircraft Solutions business has entered into a Long Term Agreement (LTA) with Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies (ADAT) and SR Technics – both part of the Mubadala Aerospace Maintenance, Repair…
CommercialIntervalZero, Alta Data Form Avionics Partnership Real-time software provider IntervalZero and Alta Data Technologies, a provider of Mil-Std-1553 and ARINC interface cards and Ethernet convertor/appliances, have formed a strategic partnership to provide real-time Microsoft Windows capabilities for avionics…
CommercialSYSGO Joins EADS AFDX Licensing Program SYSGO, of Mainz, Germany, signed a licensing contract with EADS Group for the Avionics Full-Duplex Switched Ethernet (AFDX). “We are happy to see SYSGO joining our licensing program,” said Wulf Hoeflich, head…
CommercialNorthrop Grumman Begins BAMS Radar Testing Northrop Grumman has commenced flight tests of the first developmental multifunction active sensor (MFAS) radar destined for the U.S. Navy's MQ-4C Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Unmanned Aircraft System (BAMS UAS). The MFAS…
CommercialSagem Awarded Sperwer Contract for French Army Sagem signed a contract with SIMMAD, the French Air Force Support Organization, on behalf of the French Ministry of Defense, to provide in-service maintenance for the Sperwer tactical unmanned aerial system (UAS)…