CommercialAir China Selects Rockwell Collins Air China Limited has selected Rockwell Collins to provide its MultiScan hazard detection system, GLU-925 Multi-Mode Receiver (MMR) and a suite of sensors for 20 new Airbus A330s. Deliveries are scheduled to…
MilitaryCyclone Search The first CH148 Cyclone arrived at Canadian Forces Base Shearwater, Nova Scotia, in February to begin cold weather testing and sea trials for the Canadian Maritime Helicopter Project (MHP). Starting this November,…
Business & GAProduct Focus: Cabin Management Systems The transition from a first-generation product to a second-generation one usually involves some bug fixes, a tweaking of the product to offer more functionality and maybe lower cost. That’s not the case…
ATM ModernizationNew Products Portable Radio Altimeter, GPS Test Sets Aeroflex Inc., Wichita, Kan. division, introduced the ALT-8000, an RF-based portable radio altimeter flightline test set. It is a lightweight, universal test set for 4.3 GHz…
ATM ModernizationPerspectives: Cooperation Following are excerpts of the keynote address by FAA Administrator J. Randolph Babbitt at the 2010 RTCA Spring Symposium, “Bringing NextGen Into Focus,” which was co-produced by Avionics Magazine, April 6 in…
ATM ModernizationEditor's Note: Real Or Imagined? Is progress toward the 2025 vision of the Next Generation Air Transportation System real or imagined? That, in so many words, was the surprising question asked of me as I filed to…
ATM ModernizationIndustry Scan Commercial FAA Response FAA executives on April 6 outlined steps they are taking in response to the RTCA NextGen Mid-Term Implementation Task Force recommendations, and pledged ongoing engagement with industry. In a…
ATM ModernizationPeople Stefan Hansen Lufthansa Systems named Stefan Hansen as CEO and chairman of the Executive Board for a three-year term. He will succeed Wolfgang F. W. Gohde. Hansen began his career in 1990…