CommercialRockwell Collins Forms Avionics Joint Venture in China Rockwell Collins on Monday announced the formation of a new joint venture based in China that will produce avionics for the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China's (COMAC) C919 narrow-body passenger jet. …
ATM ModernizationAviation Industry Looks to Prevent ATC Closings in October Aviation industry groups are looking to prevent a repeat in 2014 of the impact that the $85 billion in government spending cuts known as sequestration had on airlines, manufacturers and air travelers…
ATM ModernizationSatellite-Based Landing System Begins Operations at Frankfurt Airport Germany's Frankfurt Airport has begun operating a new generation satellite-based landing system, the NORMARC 8100 CAT III Ground Based Augmentation System (GBAS), designed to increase runway capacity under low visibility conditions. …
CommercialThales to Feature RFID Tracking on New IFE Systems Thales will incorporate MAINtag Radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags on all of its new in-flight entertainment (IFE) systems onboard Airbus A350 XWB, A380 and new production Boeing aircraft. The tags, FLYtag nano…
ATM ModernizationEditor's Note: Furloughed Avionics Editor in Chief Emily Feliz After a few tense days, and hours and hours of flight delays endured by passengers, air traffic controllers, furloughed by silly sequestration cuts, went back to…
ATM ModernizationIndustry Scan AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT Nav Canada Contract Satellite-based global air traffic surveillance provider Aireon finalized a long-term, commercial data services contract with Canada’s civil air navigation service provider (ANSP) Nav Canada. Aireon is a joint…
ATM ModernizationTouch the Future Digital taxi, touchscreen, augmented reality, voice recognition and wrap-around cockpits are just a few of the new cockpit avionics technologies in which companies are investing their research and development dollars. Much of…
Business & GAThe Right Solution Duncan Aviation upgraded the cockpit of a Bombardier Challenger 601-3A for Aircraft Management Solutions, a Portland, Ore.-based aircraft management company. Upgrades included Honeywell dual NZ-2000 Flight Management system (FMS) and others.Choosing the…