Business & GA
Product Focus: EFBs
Manufacturers of electronic flight bags (EFB) are seeing demand beginning to grow again for their hardware solutions, as the FAA and a number of airlines and other operators participate in various demonstrations…
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ATM Modernization
New Products
Multifunction PCI Card North Atlantic Industries (NAI), of Bohemia, N.Y., introduced a Multifunction PCI card. The 76CS3 is suited for automatic test equipment used in the aerospace, defense, industrial and automotive industries,…
ATM Modernization
Industry Scan
FAA Proposes $1.1 Billion On NextGen Spending In FY2011 Budget Request FAA has proposed spending $1.143 billion on Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) programs in its fiscal 2011 budget request, an…
Commercial
Southwest Airlines Selects Teledyne Systems
Teledyne Controls, of El Segundo, Calif., announced a contract Thursday with Southwest Airlines to provide its LoadStar Server Enterprise (LSE) software and PMAT 2000 Portable Maintenance Access Terminal to support data distribution and…
Military
Bat UAV Completes Flight Tests
Northrop Grumman said Thursday it completed the series of flights of its Bat unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Configured with a 12-foot wingspan, the Bat-12 incorporates a Hirth engine and a low acoustic…
Commercial
Alaska Airlines to Deploy Gogo
Alaska Airlines will deploy Aircell’s Gogo in-flight Internet service, opting against the Row44 service it had been testing since last year. Alaska Airlines and Aircell will begin the certification process for the…
Business & GA
L-3 Standby Instrument Approved for Helicopters
L-3 Avionics Systems received FAA Technical Standard Order (TSO) approval for its Trilogy ESI-1000 Electronic Standby Instrument (ESI on Part 27 and Part 29 rotary-wing aircraft. This all-in-one glass standby instrument is the first…
Commercial
navAero EFB Awarded EASA STC
navAero's tBag C22 Class 2 electronic flight bag (EFB) was awarded an EASA Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for the Embraer E135BJ Legacy, the company announced Monday. The STC was granted to navAero and its partner…