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…

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’…

Commercial

Software Fixes Cause Airline Headache

A US Airways executive admonished aircraft component suppliers to do a better job in developing software that later must be fixed and reloaded, telling them to “get it right the first time.”…

Military

Raytheon Delivers IFF Equipment to Air Force

Raytheon on Tuesday said it delivered to the U.S. Air Force the first of the KIV-77 Mode 4/5 crypto applique computers for Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) equipment. Raytheon said the KIV-77 is…

Commercial

Novair Selects navAero EFB

Swedish tour operator Novair will install navAero's Class 2 tBag C22 Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) on its Airbus A321s. The contract includes cross-connected dual tBag C22 EFB with the tPad 2000 display, and…