Business & GAGarmin Adds Connectivity to GA Cockpit Garmin, based in Olathe, Kan., announced the GSR 56 Iridium datalink and GDL 59 data logger and Wi-Fi datalink, bringing worldwide weather, voice communication and data communication to the cockpit for general aviation pilots.…
Editor's NoteStaco Systems Industry Leader in Human-to-Machine Interface Solutions Staco Systems is the preeminent provider of dependable, high-precision Human-to-Machine Interface (HMI) solutions that assure the performance and protection of high-value, mission-critical assets and personnel. For…
Business & GAProduct Focus: Software Airplane avionics systems are wholly dependent on software, but rarely does anyone but a software engineer wonder whether the programs that keep the plane aloft are anything but perfect in their operation.…
ATM ModernizationEditor's Note: Engineering NextGen With less outside acknowledgement than one might expect, FAA over the second quarter awarded six major contracts for engineering work supporting the Next Generation Air Transportation System. The Systems Engineering 2020 contracts…
ATM ModernizationNew Products Inertial Measurement Unit NovAtel, based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, released an addition to its GNSS/INS SPAN product family, the IMU-LCI. The IMU-LCI inertial measurement unit (IMU) contains a Northrop Grumman sensor that…
Business & GAIndustry Scan Commercial COMAC C919 Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China Ltd. (COMAC) in July signed agreements with joint ventures involving GE Aviation and Rockwell Collins to provide avionics for the new C919 family of…
Business & GAPerspectives: Poor Man’s Radar High-tech systems that allow you to hover blind won’t be coming to your helicopter anytime soon. Meanwhile, our critical need remains a few more seconds of good references and a few dozen…
ATM ModernizationPeople Kevin Wright TTTech, based in Vienna, Austria, named Kevin Wright executive vice president of TTTech North America. In his new role, Wright also takes responsibility for TTTech Group’s global activities in the…