Commercial

AeroMobile Gets OK for Sixth Aircraft Type

AeroMobile completed the certification of its onboard Web and phone system on the Boeing 777-300ER, its sixth aircraft type. AeroMobile, a joint venture between ARINC and Telenor, said its Avion system has been…

Military

Honeywell Wins Navy Contract

Honeywell was awarded a $26.3 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to exercise an option for the full-rate production of 498 Advanced Multi-Purpose Displays (AMPD) for Lot 33 F/A-18F and EA/-18G aircraft,…

Commercial

Spectralux ACARS Wins EASA OK

Spectralux Corp., based in Redmond, Wash., said its Dlink+ aircraft communications addressing and reporting system (ACARS) received European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certification on the Boeing 757.  Dlink+ FAA STC Approval was granted…

Commercial

Airline 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 & GA

Product 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 Modernization

New 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…

Commercial

Perspectives: 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…

Military

Boeing Receives B-52 Contract

Boeing received a $750 million, 10-year contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide engineering support for the B-52 bomber. Under the Engineering Sustainment Program (ESP) contract, Boeing will perform engineering assignments…