MilitaryPoseidon On Patrol With the first flight of the Boeing P-8A Poseidon test aircraft in April, the U.S. Navy moved closer to a modernized patrol fleet ready for net-centric warfare in open ocean and cluttered…
CommercialAirline Broadband Airline passengers want the ability to send e-mail and access the Internet in flight, and U.S. airlines are responding to that demand, rolling out a series of in-flight broadband trials. For passengers,…
Business & GAProduct Focus: GPS WAAS With manufacturers only recently releasing their first-generation GPS WAAS products, operators are just now getting their hands around current capabilities of the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS). However, the imminent expansion of…
ATM ModernizationNew Products Battery Tester Concorde Battery Corp., West Covina, Calif., introduced the BC-5000 Battery Capacity Tester (Concorde P/N 4163). The company said the tester, which weighs 10 pounds and measures 12 inches long, 9…
CommercialPerspectives: Mapping Turbulence Let’s stop flying into turbulence to find it! Let’s avoid beverage spills in our laps and flight attendants bouncing around the cabin. There exists a unique form of GPS processing with subsequent…
CommercialNovAtel Signs WAAS Receiver Pact With FAA NovAtel Inc., based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, signed a $9.7 million contract with FAA to develop the next generation Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) reference receiver, the GIII receiver. The receiver program, which is…
Business & GAGoodrich Selected for Learjet 85 Goodrich was selected to provide its SmartProbe air data system for Bombardier's Learjet 85 midsize business jet. Goodrich said its SmartProbe system provides air data parameters to the aircraft’s flight control, pilot display…
ATM ModernizationAvionics Magazine To Host RNP Webinar Avionics Magazine will host an on-line panel discussion on Required Navigation Performance (RNP) on Tuesday, June 30, at noon ET. The hour-long Webinar, “Required Navigation Performance: Operations and Equipment,” will be interactive,…
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