ATM Modernization

ADS-B Operational in Alaska

Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) is now operational in Alaska, FAA said Thursday. “NextGen technology is already helping make aviation safer and more efficient,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. “This innovation is transforming air…

ATM Modernization

G150 Gets FAA Approval for WAAS

Gulfstream received FAA approval to provide Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) functionality on its G150s. The optional WAAS-capable receiver can be installed on new G150s during final-phase manufacturing or as a retrofit…

Business & GA

Sikorsky Selects Universal's Data Recorder

Sikorsky selected a Cockpit Voice/Flight Data Recorder (CVFDR) from Universal Avionics Systems as a forward-fit option for its S-76C++ and standard on S-76D commercial helicopters, the companies announced Thursday. Universal Avionics’ CVFDR-145R…

Connectivity

Boeing C-130 AMP Enters LRIP

Boeing received the go-ahead to begin low-rate initial production (LRIP) of its C-130 Avionics Modernization Program (AMP), the company said June 24. The company announced completion of a Defense Acquisition Board Milestone…

Embedded Avionics

Boeing to Upgrade KC-10 Cockpits

Boeing received a $216 million, five-year contract from the U.S. Air Force to upgrade its 59-jet KC-10 tanker fleet with a new communication, navigation, surveillance and air traffic management (CNS/ATM) system, the…

Connectivity

Northrop Grumman Tests F-35 AESA Radar

Northrop Grumman said Tuesday its APG-81 active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar met and exceeded its performance objectives successfully tracking long-range targets as part of the first mission systems test flights of…

Embedded Avionics

Curtiss-Wright Acquires U.K. Company

Curtiss-Wright Corp., of Charlotte, N.C., will spend $22 million to acquire Specialist Electronics Services, Ltd., of Camberley, U.K., the company announced Tuesday. With estimated 2010 sales of about $9 million, SES designs and…

Business & GA

Honeywell Selected for Citation X Avionics

Honeywell's Primus Elite avionics platform as well as an upgraded cabin management system were selected for Cessna's new Citation X business jet, beginning in 2011. Cessna said the Primus Elite will also…