Business & GA

Garmin GTN 650, 750 Get EASA Approval

Garmin received EASA validation of the U.S. Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for its GTN 650 and GTN 750 series touchscreen avionics. With this validation, these avionics are certified and approved for installation…

Commercial

Emirates Launches In-Flight Web with OnAir

Emirates has launched in-flight Web capabilities on its A380s with service from OnAir, the company announced Monday. OnAir, a joint venture between SITA and Airbus, said the launch follows a trial period for the…

ATM Modernization

Metron Opens New Jersey NextGen Office

Metron Aviation, based in Dulles, Va., is opening an office in Egg Harbor Township, N.J., near FAA's William J. Hughes Technical Center (WJHTC) to further research and development support of the FAA’s Next…

Embedded Avionics

Boeing to Upgrade Malaysian Hornet Cockpits

Boeing on Nov. 28 received a U.S. Navy contract to provide the first major upgrades for the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) fleet of eight F/A-18D Hornets. The contract covers design, development…

Business & GA

Sanmina-SCI to Make TrueNorth Equipment

Sanmina-SCI Corp., based in San Jose, Calif., will manufacture TrueNorth Avionics' Simphone in-cabin telecommunications equipment for business aircraft at its Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, facility, the companies announced Thursday. "We are very impressed with…

Commercial

Fire Scout Transmits Sensor Data to MH-60

A Northrop Grumman-built Fire Scout unmanned helicopter transmitted sensor data to a cockpit display of a Navy MH-60 helicopter during an exercise earlier this year, the company said Tuesday. Northrop Grumman said the demonstration,…

ATM Modernization

Babbitt Resigns

Michael Huerta FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt resigned on Tuesday, following a weekend arrest in Fairfax, Va., for driving under the influence of alcohol. According to a statement posted to the FAA Website on Tuesday, Babbitt, who…

Business & GA

Lockheed Martin Awarded TSS Contracts

Lockheed Martin received two contracts totaling $30.6 million from the Naval Surface Warfare Center for the Target Sight System (TSS), the fire control system for the U.S. Marine Corps’ AH-1Z Cobra attack…