ATM Modernization

Calendar

May 3-6 Army Aviation Association of America Annual Convention, Nashville, Tenn. Contact Quad A, phone 203-268-2450 or visit http://quad-a.org 4-6 Navy League Sea-Air-Space Exposition, Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, National Harbor,…

Commercial

The Regional View

The volatile oil market and financial meltdown have wreaked havoc on the regional aviation market. Tumbling traffic numbers and rising operating costs have forced U.S. regional carriers to follow the lead of…

Business & GA

Avionics Roadmap

Over the past few months, there has been growing interest in the development of improvements in the National Airspace System (NAS) with great emphasis on the near- and mid-term time frames extending…

Commercial

CAN Bus in Aviation

Controller Area Network (CAN) data bus is a serial communications protocol that supports distributed real-time control with a high level of security. Introduced in the 1980s by Robert Bosch GmbH, the CAN…

Commercial

Air Austral Installs Panasonic IFE System

Panasonic Avionics Corp., of Lake Forest, Calif., installed its eX2 in-flight entertainment (IFE) system on two Boeing 777-300ERs for Air Austral, La Réunion, France. The eX2-equipped aircraft will enter service this month, the company…

Commercial

Thales Wins WAM Pact in Germany

Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH (DFS), the German Air Navigation Service Provider, awarded Thales a contract for the delivery, installation, training and commissioning of the PAM-FRA1 (Precision Approach Monitoring Frankfurt) system, the first operational…

Military

Northrop Grumman Wins Navy Pact

Northrop Grumman won a $22.4 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy for the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). This modification provides for incorporation of wing static and load…

Commercial

VSI Signs HMD Contracts

Vision Systems International (VSI), San Jose, Calif., signed several new contracts with a total value of more than $120 million. Boeing awarded VSI a contract for the delivery of more than 550 additional…