Military

Hawk Mk51 Trainer Flies with CMC Avionics

CMC Electronics, of Montreal, announced last week that Patria Group of Finland flew a Hawk Mk51 trainer aircraft outfitted with its Cockpit 4000 integrated avionics suite. During the 100-minute flight from Halli…

Commercial

AEEC OKs 'MAGIC' Interface Development

Airlines, airframers and equipment manufacturers will look into developing a standard, IP-based communication management function that would accommodate dissimilar air-ground datalinks. Representatives to the AEEC General Session, meeting last week in Tulsa,…

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

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…