Business & GA

Honeywell EGPWS Receives FAA Approval

Honeywell's Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System (EGPWS) for helicopters received FAA technical design and production approval, the company announced Tuesday. According to Honeywell, the EGPWS uses aircraft inputs such as position, attitude, air…

Commercial

Era Unveils Airport Surface Management System

Era Systems Corp., based in Fairfax, Va., launched a web-based airport surface management solution, called AirScene.com Symphonysm, which the company said will help airports proactively manage operations, reduce delays and improve performance. AirScene.com…

ATM Modernization

Sensis Completes Critical Design Review

Sensis Corp., based in Syracuse, N.Y., completed the Critical Design Review (CDR) for the Canadian Department of National Defence (DND) Terminal Radar and Control System (TRACS) Area Surveillance Radar (ASR-3) modernization program.…

Commercial

Lufthansa Relaunches In-Flight Web Service

Lufthansa is relaunching FlyNet, its in-flight broadband Web service. Staring in mid-2010, passengers on Lufthansa's long-haul routes will be to communicate over standard GSM/GPRS mobile networks. The airline is partnering with Panasonic Avionics…

Commercial

AeroSvit to Use AD Aerospace System

Ukraine carrier AeroSvit will install AD Aerospace's CabinVu security systems on its Boeing 767 and 737s. CabinVu provides pilots with a forward looking, clear and unobstructed view of the area outside the…

Military

Rockwell Collins to Upgrade KC-135 Flight Deck

The U.S. Air Force has selected Rockwell Collins for the Engineering, Manufacturing and Development (EMD) phase of the KC-135 Block 45 cockpit upgrade program, under which the company will add the next-generation…

Business & GA

Honeywell KFD 840 Gets FAA Approval

Honeywell received FAA Technical Standard Order (TSO) approval for its KFD 840 Primary Flight Display for piston-powered aircraft. Honeywell said it anticipates customer deliveries will begin next month. The KFD 840 replaces…

Commercial

Mexicana Airlines Installs Panasonic Systems

Panasonic Avionics, based in Lake Forest, Calif., announced it had supplied Mexicana Airlines with Digital Multiplexed Passenger Entertainment System (DMPES) for retrofit to its single aisle fleet. The airline installed the system on 39…