Business & GA

Perspective Flight Deck

Garmin and Cirrus Aircraft unveiled the Cirrus Perspective flight deck, an all-glass, integrated suite tailored for the airframe manufacturer’s single engine piston SR-22 G3s. Garmin, Olathe, Kan., said the Cirrus Perspective will…

Business & GA

Bristow Cleared for FOQA

Bristow Group received FAA approval for its Flight Operations Quality Assurance Program (FOQA), which it says makes it only the second U.S. helicopter, in the country, after Era Helicopters, to receive that…

Commercial

Landing Guidance

Of all the world’s major industries, there must be very few that have the same level of self-imposed standardization of equipment, operating practices and standards as that of aviation. Furthermore, under the…

Commercial

Product Focus: Electronic Flight Bags

Now that software provider Jeppesen has received FAA approval to integrate airport moving maps with "own-ship" display on Class 2 electronic flight bags (EFB), the industry is moving on to an even…

ATM Modernization

New Products

Separation Kernel LynuxWorks, San Jose, Calif., unveiled LynxSecure 2.0, its next-generation software separation kernel and embedded hypervisor. LynxSecure 2.0 enables different operating systems (OS) to exist on the same platform, allowing the…

Editor's Note

Perspectives: Time For ‘Nowgen’

There’s broad agreement that the National Airspace System (NAS) has served us well but can no longer meet current performance demands. Furthermore, there’s an appropriate and growing sense of urgency. We need…

Commercial

Editor’s Note: Software Standard

Aerospace, like medicine, is an inexact science. The best-laid plans and remedies may not work as hoped or expected. Witness Boeing’s latest postponement of the 787 Dreamliner debut, calling into question its…

ATM Modernization

Industry Scan

  ARINC Chairman Affirms Commitment To AMC Conference Airline and avionics industry representatives who gathered in April for the 59th annual AMC general session were reassured by parent organization ARINC that the…