Business & GA

Universal WAAS-Enabled FMS on Astra

Universal Avionics, Tucson, Ariz., completed an installation of its Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS)-enabled flight management system in Astra aircraft. The installation, which was completed by Global Aviation, of Hillsboro, Ore., was of Universal's dual…

Business & GA

Barco Awarded Eurocopter Contract

Barco, of Kortrijk, Belgium was awarded a contract from Eurocopter to supply mission displays for the AS 565 Panther helicopter. The contract is part of an upgrade program that will gear up…

Business & GA

Gulfstream Makes FANS Flight Across Atlantic

Gulfstream Aerospace announced Tuesday it had recently completed a full Future Air Navigation System (FANS) flight across the Atlantic Ocean using Controller-Pilot Data Link Communication with Automatic Dependent Surveillance (CPDLC/ADS). Gulfstream said…

Military

CMC Wins U.S. Air Force Contract

CMC Electronics, Montreal, was awarded a follow-on contract by the U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) to supply its portable mission display, known as TacView, for its AC-130 gunship aircraft. AFSOC…

Business & GA

ViaSat Antenna Hits Milestone

ViaSat, Carlsbad, Calif., said Wednesday its ArcLight airborne broadband system recently passed 100,000 flight hours. Most of the hours of the Ku-band satellite service have been logged on large business aircraft using ARINC's SKYLink…

Commercial

CMC GPS Sensor Selected by Airbus

CMC Electronics, Montreal, was selected by Airbus Transport International (ATI) to supply its IntegriFlight CMA-5024 GPS landing system sensor for its fleet of five A300-600ST Beluga transport aircraft. ATI has previously selected…

Commercial

European Operators Get EASA OK for ADS-B

Air France, Air One and Volkswagen became the world’s first airlines to obtain EASA approval to use automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) in airspace not covered by radar. The airlines are part of…

Commercial

L-3 to Supply Recorders for A350 XWB

L-3 Aviation Recorders, Sarasota, Fla., will supply the flight recording system for the Airbus A350 XWB. Under terms of the contract, L-3 will provide cockpit voice recorders, flight data recorders and accelerometers…