ATM Modernization

Rockwell Collins Traffic Computer Receives FAA Certification

Rockwell Collins announced Aug. 5 that its new TTR-2100 Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) for aircraft has received FAA certification. The traffic computer, which enables NextGen traffic surveillance, is now…

Embedded Avionics

Northrop Grumman Selected for F-16 Radar Upgrade

Northrop Grumman will provide the Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) for U.S. Air Force and Taiwan F-16 fighter jets, after winning a competition by Lockheed Martin looking to prolong the life of…

Commercial

Thales IFE System on New British Airways A380s, 787

British Airways’ new Airbus A380 and Boeing 787s are equipped with the Thales-provided TopSeries In-Flight Entertainment System. The airline, which has ordered a total of 12 A380s and 24 787s, took delivery…

Business & GA

navAero Completes EFB iPad Testing

NavAero has completed electromagnetic interference and rapid decompression testing for fourth-generation iPad tablet computers.   According to the company, the RTCA DO160 Section G testing is a value-added service that will allow…

Commercial

Curtiss Wright to Supply MC-21 Flight Data Recorder

Curtiss Wright Controls announced a $21 million contract from Irkut Corp. to supply the flight data recording system for Irkut's MC-21 narrow body passenger jet.   The company's avionics division will supply…

ATM Modernization

FreeFlight Receives TSO Approval for ADS-B Transceiver

FreeFlight Systems on Thursday announced TSO authorization from FAA for its RANGR FDL-978-XVR ADS-B transceiver family.    The transceiver provides ADS-B In and ADS-B Out capability within a single box, as airspace…

ATM Modernization

NATO Exercise Tests Cassidian's IFF Systems

Cassidian's airborne idenfitification-friend-or-foe (IFF) systems were put to the test during the recent Bold Quest '13 exercise, held in North Carolina to test U.S. and NATO allied nations' combat identification systems during…