Commercial

Kratos Awarded UH-60M Avionics Contract

Kratos Defense received a $7.1 million contract to develop helicopter maintenance training systems for the UH-60M Black Hawk, the company said Monday.  The San Diego-based defense manufacturer said it will provide full-fidelity…

Business & GA

Jeppesen Introduces Electronic Flight Bag for iPad

Jeppesen introduced their FliteDeck Pro Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) iPad solution last week. The Boeing subsidiary said their iPad-based EFB is now available for airlines, fractional business jet operators and military fleet…

Embedded Avionics

Honeywell Upgrades IntuVue 3-D Aircraft Weather Radar

Honeywell upgraded its IntuVue aircraft weather radar system, adding capabilities to detect turbulence, hail and lightning for pilots in advance of approaching storm cells. The upgrade will be offered initially as a…

Commercial

Mesa Air Group Approved to Use iPads as EFBs

Mesa Air Group received FAA approval to begin a six month validation process using the Apple iPad as a Class I Electronic Flight Bag (EFB). During the validation process, the EFB will…

Military

Navy Marks Aircraft Computer Milestone

The Navy and industry partner General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems marked the milestone production of a key computer system used in naval aircraft during a visit to the company’s Bloomington, Minn., plant…

Business & GA

L-3 ESIS Awarded FAA TSO

FAA granted Technical Standard Order (TSO) approval for L-3 Avionics Systems GH-3900 Electronic Standby Instrument System (ESIS). The GH-3900 has been selected by several OEMs as standard equipment aboard such aircraft as the LearJet…