Embedded Avionics

Rockwell Collins Helps Upgrade Mexican Air Force C-130s 

Rockwell Collins has a new agreement with Cascade Aerospace to provide avionics upgrades for the Mexican Air Force's two C-130K Hercules military transport aircraft.    Cascade's selection of Rockwell Collins was announced…

Business & GA

Garmin Introduces G3X Touch

[Avionics Today March 25, 2014] Garmin released a large touchscreen glass flight display system for light sport aircraft, the G3X Touch. Garmin’s experimental engineering team, TEAM X, designed the display.    The…

Business & GA

FAA Approves Elliott Aviation for Aircell Wi-fi

[Avionics Today March 24, 2014] Elliott Aviation has received a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) from the FAA for the activation and use of Aircell Wi-Fi products in Hawker jets, the Moline, Ill.-based…

Commercial

NAVAIR Completes Triton Flight Testing

[Avionics Today March 24, 2014] Northrop Grumman's MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) has finished its initial flight testing phase in Palmdale, Calif., the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR).      The…

Business & GA

Rossiya Begins Paperless Cockpit Operations

[Avionics Today March 24, 2014] Rossiya Airlines recently introduced an iPad Class 2 Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) into its commercial aircraft operations, as the Russian carrier looks to reduce fuel burn by…

ATM Modernization

NextGen Data Comm on Track for 2016 IOC

[Avionics Today March 21, 2014] Initial Operating Capability (IOC) for the first phase of the Data Communications (Data Comm) Air Traffic Management (ATM) technology under the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) NextGen program…

Commercial

Boeing Manufacturing, FAA Oversight Challenged

[Avionics Today March 20, 2014] After reviewing the critical systems on the Boeing 787 following serious incidents with the lithium-ion battery system in January last year, a team of aviation experts has…