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…

Commercial

Rockwell 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.  …

Commercial

Thales 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…