CommercialPanasonic Avionics Launches TV Network Panasonic Avionics Corp., of Lake Forest, Calif., launched Panasonic Airline Television Network, a proprietary broadcast TV distribution network. The network includes a broadcast TV channels specifically licensed by Panasonic for worldwide distribution…
Business & GAEditor’s Note: Hotels And Bizjets I was comparing notes with my brother the other day about the sorry state of the economy. He’s an executive at a luxury resort in Florida. Nice place, to say the least.…
Business & GAGulfstream Receives ADS-C Approval Gulfstream Aerospace received FAA authorization to use Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Contract (ADS-C) for oceanic and remote area waypoint reporting, becoming the first purpose-built business-jet manufacturer to do so. ADS-C allows an air traffic controller to…
CommercialKID-Systeme Equipment on A350 KID-Systeme, based in Buxtehude, Germany, will supply cabin surveillance equipment for the Airbus A350 XWB family, the company announced Tuesday. The system will include a cockpit door surveillance system (CDSS) and a…
MilitaryElbit Wins Korea Contract Elbit Systems Ltd., based in Haifa, Israel, was awarded a contract to supply advanced helmet mounted systems for the Korean Army's Korean Utility Helicopter (KUH) program. Under the contract, Elbit Systems will…
CommercialOnAir Reaches 10,000th Flight OnAir, based in Geneva, Switzerland, said its Mobile OnAir in-flight connectivity system hit its 10,000th flight in commercial operation. The 10,000th flight was a TAP flight from Lisbon to Munich. Since December…
ATM ModernizationNorthrop Grumman Signs ATC Pacts Northrop Grumman’s Europe-based air traffic management system subsidiary, Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems, was awarded two contracts to install its systems at airports in the U.K. and Trinidad and Tobago. The first…
CommercialEMS Satcom Names New GM EMS Technologies, Atlanta, named Gary Hebb, EMS Satcom's general manager since 2007, vice president of Innovation and Strategy. Joanne Walker will replace Hebb as EMS Satcom general manager. The company said Hebb's top…