Business & GAHoneywell Runway Safety Systems OKed Honeywell's SmartRunway and SmartLanding products received FAA technical standard order (TSO) approval, the company said Wednesday. The company said SmartRunway provides visual and aural alerts to pilots about runway and taxi locations and…
Business & GAUniversal FMS OKed for Cessna Universal Avionics's UNS-1Espw Flight Management System (FMS) was certified for installation on the Cessna Citation 560 Excel and XLS aircraft. Cessna received a FAA amended Type Certificate (TC) for the dual UNS-1Espw…
CommercialBabbitt Stresses NextGen Urgency FAA Administrator J. Randolph Babbitt stressed commitment to the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) and an urgency to implement the recommendations from the RTCA Task Force. Additionally, Babbitt called on all members of the aviation community to…
CommercialRockwell Collins to Deploy S1000D Software Rockwell Collins will use a software program from PTC, of Needham, Mass., for its S1000D initiative, a campaign to improve efficiencies in creating, maintaining and delivering technical publications. The Arbortext system provides…
MilitaryBoeing C-130 AMP Simulator Ready for Use Boeing said Monday it delivered the U.S. Air Force's first simulator for the C-130 Avionics Modernization Program (AMP) to Little Rock Air Force Base. The Weapon System Trainer passed government acceptance testing…
MilitaryL-3 Awarded UAV Contract L-3 Communications was awarded a contract worth up to $250 million from the U.S. Special Operations Command for the Expeditionary Unmanned Aircraft System. The one-year contract minimum is $5 million, and includes…
Business & GAAero Air Completes Garmin Installation Aero Air, based at Portland-Hillsboro Airport in Oregon, completed its dual install of a G-600 system in a Twin Commander. The new cockpit included Garmin G-600 dual Multi-Function and Primary Function displays, dual…
MilitaryBAE Delivers First AWAPSS to U.S. Army BAE Systems said Thursday it delivered the first Airborne Wide Area Persistent Surveillance Sensor (AWAPSS) to the U.S. Army. The airborne persistent surveillance system provides continuous, wide-area, day-or-night situational awareness in complex operational…