Commercial

Sirio Panel Selects SYSGO's AFDX System

Germany's SYSGO will supply its DO-178B certified software-based Avionics Full-Duplex Switched Ethernet (AFDX) system for Sirio Panel for an actual avionics application running on Freescale’s QorIQ dual-core P2020 architecture, the companies said Friday.…

Commercial

Rockwell Collins, AVIC Subsidiary Form JV in China

Rockwell Collins and China Leihua Electronic Technology Research Institute (LETRI), a subsidiary of the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), are establishing a joint venture company -- AVIC Leihua Rockwell Collins Avionics…

Commercial

Panasonic Awarded A380 Connectivity Line-Fit Agreement

Panasonic Avionics will line-fit its in-flight communications and connectivity system, Global Communications Suite, on Airbus A380s. "Broadband connectivity, especially on long-haul flights, is increasingly important to our customers, and we are very…

ATM Modernization

Editor's Note: Drones in Airspace

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a drone? FAA moved closer to allowing unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), commonly and ominously called drones in mainstream media, into U.S. airspace. In March, the…

ATM Modernization

Industry Scan

Saab Sensis Builds on ASDE-X Photo courtesy Saab Sensis Saab Sensis announced a series of contract awards and system deployments for airport surveillance and precision approach systems in recent months, following the…

Commercial

Snake Pit Superior

An AH-1Z Cobra with the Aviation Combat Element of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit hovers above the USS Makin Island in the first shipboard deployment of the attack helicopter.   Photo courtesy U.S.…

ATM Modernization

Single European Sky

Like their U.S. counterparts, European nations are engaged in an intense airspace modernization initiative aimed at bringing operational efficiencies, cleaner skies and financial benefits to operators. The technological and regulatory challenges are…

Business & GA

Product Focus: Lighting

In December Boeing delivered a 737 Boeing Sky Interior to Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA, the airline’s 18th 737-800 with the interior. The system includes the B/E Aerospace LED cabin lighting system, featuring…