Business & GA

DAC EFB Approved for Bombardier Jets

DAC International, Austin, Texas, said its Gen-X Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) was approved by FAA for Class 3 installation in a series of Bombardier Regional Jets. The EFB package also includes DAC's…

Business & GA

Universal to Supply Avionics for Hawker

Universal Avionics Systems Corp., Tucson, Ariz., will supply its digital flat panel glass displays and flight management systems for a fleet of Hawker 125-700B series aircraft. The package includes Universal’s SBAS-capable UNS-1Fw…

Military

Teams Tests Camera on ScanEagle UAV

Boeing, Goodrich Corp., and Insitu flight-tested a ScanEagle unmanned aircraft equipped for the first time with a short-wave infrared (SWIR) camera. The camera, built by Goodrich's Sensors Unlimited unit, enables ScanEagle operators…

Commercial

Delta Selects Aircell's Web System

Delta Air Lines announced plans to install Aircell’s Wi-Fi broadband network on its fleet of 330 aircraft. The Aircell system, named Gogo, will allow passengers with Wi-Fi devices, such as iPhones and…

ATM Modernization

RTCA’s Watrous Retiring

Longtime RTCA president, David Watrous, is stepping down at the end of August, according to a memo obtained by Avionics Magazine. Watrous, a former career officer in the U.S. Air Force and…

Military

Elbit to Supply UAVs to Australian Army

Elbit Systems, Haifa, Israel, won a multimillion contract from the Australian army to provide its Skylark I UAV systems. This is the Australian Department of Defense's third Skylark order, following the initial…

ATM Modernization

Calendar

August 11-14 TTTech Time-Triggered Protocol Seminar and Tools Workshop, Endicott, N.Y. Contact TTTech, phone (43) 1 585 34 34-90 or visit www.tttech.com. September 8-11 World Airline Entertainment Association (WAEA) 29th Annual Conference…

Military

Sensor Sense

Two new armed reconnaissance, surveillance and target acquisition platforms will enhance the situational awareness and lethality of U.S. Army aviation brigades by carrying the Common Sensor Payload (CSP). The General Atomics Aeronautical…