ATM Modernization

Calendar

April 6-7 RTCA Spring Symposium, “Bringing NextGen Into Focus,” Grand Hyatt Hotel, Washington, D.C. For information, visit www.aviationtoday.com/symposium. 7-10 Aircraft Electronics Association (AEA) International Convention and Trade Show, Gaylord Palms Resort &…

ATM Modernization

FAA Responds To Task Force

FAA on Jan. 31 published its response to recommendations of the RTCA NextGen Mid-Term Implementation Task Force (Task Force 5). The Task Force report, published in September 2009, represents an industry consensus…

Business & GA

Beating Brownout

Blinding sand and dust clouds churned up by helicopter rotors still cost the U.S. armed services lives and aircraft in ongoing conflicts. Since 2002, the Army alone has lost or damaged 27…

Military

AeroVironment CFO Resigns

AeroVironment, based in Monrovia, Calif., announced Wednesday the resignation of its chief financial officer, Stephen C. Wright, to pursue other business opportunities. Jikun Kim has been appointed interim chief financial officer. Kim…

ATM Modernization

ADS-B Used For In-Trail Procedures

Avionics manufacturers are participating in oceanic in-trail procedures (ITP) trials in the United States and Europe using automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) aircraft position reporting. In presentations at the AEEC General Session in…

ATM Modernization

Metron Aviation Achieves ISO Certification

Metron Aviation, based in Dulles, Va., achieved International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001:2008 certification for providing advanced research, concept engineering, air traffic management, software development, environmental analysis and commercial product solutions to…

Business & GA

EMS Antenna Wins Inmarsat Approval

The eNfusion AMT-700 High-gain Antenna (HGA) from EMS Aviation received an Inmarsat Letter of Assessment as a Class 6 multi-channel aeronautical antenna, the company announced Wednesday. This assessment signifies that the antenna…

Commercial

Panasonic Partners with Deutsche Telekom

Panasonic Avionics Corp., based in Lake Forest, Calif., on Monday announced a strategic agreement with Deutsche Telekom which designates Deutsche Telekom and its T-Mobile brand as the preferred wireless internet service provider for Panasonic Avionics’…