CommercialEFB Special Section: Airlines Outline EFB Benefits Continental Airlines, Virgin America and Miami Air have all selected Class 2 electronic flight bag (EFB) systems for different reasons. But the benefit of a growing list of software applications makes it…
CommercialRockwell Collins Completes DataPath Acquisition Rockwell Collins completed its $130 million acquisition of DataPath. Under the terms of the agreement, which was first announced in April, Rockwell Collins has acquired all outstanding shares of DataPath in a…
CommercialSTC Issued for Universal FMS Chicago Jet Group, based in Aurora, Ill., was awarded a FAA supplemental type certificate (STC) to install Universal Avionics' dual UNS-1Fw or UNS-1Lw flight management systems (FMS) in the Dassault Falcon 50. The STC includes Lateral…
MilitaryNorthrop Grumman Completes Sensor Flight Tests Northrop Grumman said Thursday it completed initial testing of the Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion Program (MP-RTIP) sensor. All dedicated mode flights have been completed in the Radar System Level Performance Verification (RSLPV)…
CommercialGE Aviation to Develop Wireless Technology GE Aviation is developing wireless data gathering and transmission technology for aircraft applications in support of the WiTNESSS (WIreless Technologies for Novel Enhancement of Systems and Structures Serviceability) initiative. The WiTNESSS consortium…
Business & GACobham Awaits Part 25 SVS Approval Cobham Avionics is “within weeks” of obtaining FAA supplemental type certification of a synthetic vision system (SVS) on a Part 25 transport-category aircraft, which will be its first such SVS certification, the…
MilitaryInsitu Invests in Canadian UAV Market Boeing subsidiary Insitu on Thursday announced the first $25 million in contracts to Canadian companies as part of a government order for small unmanned aerial vehicle (SUAV) services. The Canadian government in…
MilitaryRaytheon Awarded AESA Contract Raytheon was awarded a $54 million U.S. Navy contract to retrofit Super Hornet block II aircraft with APG-79 active electronically scanned array (AESA) radars. The award by the Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent…