Embedded Avionics

Thales I-Master Radar Completes Test Flights

Thales' new I-Master radar system completed test flights on a Diamond DA42MPP GUARDIAN aircraft recently, during a week-long trial in Austria.    During the flights, I-Master was used to transmit high resolution…

ATM Modernization

Alaska Gets Updated Aviation Weather Broadcast System

Alaska's FAA flight service stations have been upgraded to improve automated recordings and broadcasting of in-flight weather information for pilots flying in one of the more severe climates of the United States. …

ATM Modernization

FAA Plans for Full ADS-B Ground Support in 2014

FAA Administrator Michael Huerta said the ground infrastructure for the nation's automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) will be ready for operations by next year.     (An ITT Exelis ADS-B Ground Station. Photo, courtesy…

Commercial

Rockwell Collins to Establish Flight Simulator JV in China

Rockwell Collins and Beijing Bluesky Aviation Technology, an AVIC subsidiary, signed a Memorandum of Agreement towards establishing a joint venture that will design, manufacture and market commercial aviation flight simulators. The venture…

Business & GA

AEA Reports 1Q GA Avionics Sales of $1.7 Billion

In its first quarterly sales report, the Aircraft Electronics Association (AEA) reported first quarter worldwide general aviation avionics sales of $1.7 billion as reported by 20 participating avionics companies. The dollar amount (using…