Editor's Note

Era Of Airborne RFID Begins 

Anticipated for the past several years, the application of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags for component tracking on commercial aircraft is upon us, at least for tags that are "passive," or without…

Editor's Note

Product Focus: Lighting

The use of light emitting diode (LED) technology on commercial and business aircraft is becoming more the norm than the exception. LEDs can be used to illuminate everything from airline logos on…

Editor's Note

New Products

Radar Display USB Interfaces Ballard Technology, of Everett, Wash., introduced the USB 708, a line of portable avionics interfaces that enable computers to communicate with ARINC 708 and similar weather radar display…

Business & GA

STC Granted For Eclipse Integrated FMS

Eclipse Aerospace, Inc., March 30 said FAA has issued a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for the Avio Integrated Flight Management System (IFMS) of the Eclipse twin-engine light jet. The IFMS system was…

Commercial

Goodrich Completes 787 Brake Test

Goodrich said its electric brake system for Boeing's 787 Dreamliner has completed all required dedicated flight test conditions. To date, the majority of announced 787 customers have selected the Goodrich electric brake…

ATM Modernization

FAA, EU Sign NextGen Research Agreement

FAA and the European Union formally signed an agreement Thursday to work together on research related to air traffic service to aircraft flying between the United States and Europe. The agreement, signed…

Connectivity

EMS Awarded RC-12 Satcom Contract

EMS Defense & Space (D&S), a division of EMS Technologies, received a contract from SAIC to provide an X-band SATCOM antenna system for the RC-12, the U.S. military version of the Super…

Commercial

Gestair Cargo to Use Lufthansa Nav Charts

The Spanish cargo airline Gestair Cargo has selected Lido/RouteManual navigation charts from Lufthansa Systems, the companies announced Thursday. The charts, which are generated from the Lido navigation database, include true-to-scale geographic information such…