Business & GAHoneywell Launches New Router to Enable Wi-Fi in the Air and on the Ground [Avionics Today 05-05-2015] Honeywell Aerospace has released the new CNX-250 multifunction router, enabling aircraft to connect to a cellular network while on the ground and transition to a satellite connection while in…
Embedded AvionicsRaytheon Delivers Next-Gen Forecasting Tools to National Weather Service AWIPS II. Photo: Raytheon. [Avionics Today 05-05-2015] Raytheon Company's Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System II (AWIPS II), a forecasting analysis and display toolkit, was recently installed at all coastal Atlantic National Oceanic…
MilitaryBoeing Updates Australian F/A-18 Trainers to Aid Maintenance Effectiveness Three RAAF FA-18 Hornets in formation after refueling U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Matthew Bruch [Avionics Today 05-05-2015] Boeing will update two maintenance trainers for the Royal Australian Air Force…
CommercialExelis, UAS Test Sites to Research Safe Integration into NAS Exelis’ new application improves UAS situational awareness. Photo: Exelis [Avionics Today 05-05-2015] Exelis has signed agreements with four Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)-designated Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) test sites for airspace situational awareness…
ATM ModernizationL2 Receives STC in Japan for Iridium Satcom on 737 Next-Generation Series Aircraft [Avionics Today 04-30-2015] L2 Consulting Services has received a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) from the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB) for the installation of the Iridium satellite communications system on Boeing 737-700…
ATM ModernizationEuropean ANSP, Airlines Form ODP Consortium A consortium of European air navigation service providers and airlines has recently been formed to explore optimized descent profiles (ODP) from the upper airspace to terminal maneuvering areas. Photo: Eurocontrol [Avionics Today…
ATM ModernizationHoneywell Helps Demonstrate China's First Precision Landing System Rendering of Honeywell’s SmartPath precision landing system. Photo: Honeywell [Avionics Today 04-30-2015] The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) and Air Traffic Management Bureau completed its first flight demonstration of next generation…
Business & GATeledyne Technologies Reports First Quarter Results [Avionics Today 04-30-2015] Teledyne has reported a decrease in sales as well as net income for the first quarter of 2015 compared with the same period last year. Sales were reported at…