Commercial

Rockwell Collins Signs IFE Customers

Rockwell Collins, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, signed three airline customers for its dPAVES in-flight entertainment system. The announcements were made at this week's Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg, Germany. Air Arabia selected the…

Commercial

Panasonic 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 & GA

Editor’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.…

ATM Modernization

Industry Scan

Congress Resumes FAA Reauthorization Effort Long-awaited FAA reauthorization legislation that provides $70 billion to the agency over four years through fiscal 2012, including funding for the NextGen air-traffic control modernization, was progressing…

ATM Modernization

People

Rusty Roberts Rusty Roberts was named director of the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) Aerospace, Transportation and Advanced Systems (ATAS) laboratory. The laboratory is one of two units based at the Cobb…

ATM Modernization

Calendar

April 1-4 Aircraft Electronics Association (AEA) 52nd Annual International Convention and Trade Show. Gaylord Texas Resort and Convention Center, Dallas. Contact AEA, phone 816-347-8400 or visit www.aea.net. May 3-6 Army Aviation Association…

Military

Intelligence Upgrade

Just how valuable the intelligence gathered by the RC-12 Guardrail aircraft is to U.S. Army ground commanders is rarely disclosed. The ground-based Guardrail system uses airborne receivers to collect signals intelligence (SIGINT)…

Business & GA

Gulfstream 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…