CommercialPerspectives: Special Committee 205 As noted in the Avionics June 2008 Editor’s Note regarding RTCA Special Committee 205, which is working to update DO-178B, “The best-laid plans and remedies may not work as hoped or expected.”…
CommercialInmarsat-4 Launch Date Set The long-awaited third Inmarsat-4 satellite will be launched Aug. 14, Inmarsat announced Tuesday. The launch will take place from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and if successful will complete the global constellation…
CommercialXiamen Airlines Selects Rockwell Collins Rockwell Collins will provide a suite of avionics for 12 Boeing 737NGs for Xiamen Airlines. The deal also includes an option for an additional 25 aircraft. Delivery begins in 2009 and continues…
CommercialEditor's Note: Sense Of Urgency Under pressure in its efforts to manage air-traffic growth, FAA appears to have a capable new commander in Hank Krakowski, the former United Airlines executive named last fall to head the agency’s…
CommercialEditor’s Note: Sense of Urgency Under pressure in its efforts to manage air-traffic growth, FAA appears to have a capable new commander in Hank Krakowski, the former United Airlines executive named last fall to head the agency’s…
ATM ModernizationIndustry Scan IMA Architecture Of A350XWB Is Improvement Over A380 Building on the example of the Airbus A380, the integrated modular avionics (IMA) architecture of the new A350XWB, constructed with fewer, more standardized…
Business & GAPeople Kelly Linnell Shadin Avionics, St. Louis Park, Minn., named Kelly Linnell customer service manager. Linnell is tasked with developing and managing support programs for Shadin Avionics’ customers in government, OEMs and the…
ATM ModernizationCalendar July 14-20 Farnborough International Air Show, Farnborough Aerodrome, United Kingdom. Call +44 (0) 20 7976 3330 or visit www.farnborough.com. September 8-11 World Airline Entertainment Association (WAEA) 29th Annual Conference & Exhibition, Long…