Embedded Avionics

NAVAIR Upgrades E-6B Internet Protocol

The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) recently implemented the Internet Protocol Bandwidth Expansion (IBPE) upgrade on its airborne strategic command platform, the E-6B Mercury. The upgrade was installed in March during…

Embedded Avionics

F-35 Data Link Completes Flight Test

Northrop Grumman's Multifunction Advanced Data Link (MADL) waveform completed a successful F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter program flight test, a demonstration that validated eight years of developing an advanced communications link,…

ATM Modernization

United Flying Honeywell SmartPath Approaches in Houston

United Airlines flew the first precision approach using Honeywell's SmartPath Ground Based Augmentation System (GBAS) into Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) on Monday.      (United Airlines plane using Honeywell's SmartPath.…

Commercial

Crane CEO to Retire

Crane CEO Eric C. Fast will retire in 2014, the company said Monday. Fast will be replaced by Max H. Mitchell, current president and chief operating officer of the company.    Fast…

ATM Modernization

RNP Approaches Approved at China's Zhangjiajie Airport

The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) approved Required Navigation Performance (RNP) to Instrument Landing System (ILS) and public Required Navigation Performance Authorization Required (RNP AR) procedures at Zhangjiajie Airport with the…

Commercial

Astronics to Supply In-Seat Power Systems to Panasonic

Astronics Advanced Electronic Systems (AES) signed a multi-year agreement with Panasonic Avionics to provide its EmPower In-Seat Power Systems for installation with Panasonic's In-Flight Entertainment and Connectivity (IFEC) Systems on Airbus A350s.…