CommercialRockwell Collins HGS Capable of Cat I Landing The Head-Up Guidance System (HGS) from Rockwell Collins will be capable of conducting reduced Category I (Cat I) landing minima as authorized by FAA's Flight Technology and Procedures Division, AFS-400, Washington, DC. The CAT…
Commercial787 Readies for First Flight Boeing said it has completed the last testing planned before the long-awaited first flight of the 787 Dreamliner, which is expected sometime this month. The airframer completed high-speed taxi tests on the first…
CommercialVolaris to Use Honeywell's LED Technology Mexico's Volaris Airlines selected Honeywell’s LED product to upgrade its Airbus A320 navigation wingtip lighting. Honeywell said the product is a drop-in replacement for existing lighting, it does not require any aircraft modification, and it…
MilitaryAirbus A400M Takes Maiden Flight The Airbus A400M, which has suffered from significant delays and major cost-overruns, took its maiden flight Friday in Seville, Spain. The aircraft, with a take-off weight of 127 tons, is equipped with…
Business & GAGulfstream's G250 Hits the Skies Gulfstream's large range, mid-size G250 completed its first flight in Israel on Friday. The flight, which lasted 3 hours and 21 minutes, tested the aircraft's flight-handling qualities and characteristics, and pilots performed…
Business & GASkytrac's Satcom Equipment STC'ed for DHC-6 SkyTrac Systems, of Kelowna, British Columbia, received a supplemental type certification (STC) for ts automated flight following and satellite communications equipment on the de Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter airframe. The DHC-6 is…
MilitaryBell Selects Quantum3D Image Generator Bell Helicopter selected an image generator program from Quantum3D, of San Jose, Calif., for avionics evaluation and training. The IDX 6000 image generator will replace two of Bell's existing image generators and display…
MilitaryTeledyne Awarded E-6B Contract Teledyne Controls, of El Segundo, Calif., was awarded a $5 million contract by sub-contractor L-3 Communications to supply the flight data acquisition system, ground-based flight data monitoring tools and flight training simulator crew…