Business & GAOutlook 2008: Avionics Test Market Outlook The market for avionics Automatic Test Equipment (ATE) is alive and well. This is an exciting and dynamic marketplace for vendors in both the military and commercial segment. This article will provide…
CommercialCabin Comfort On The A380 The first Airbus A380 to enter commercial service, delivered to Singapore Airlines last October some 18 months later than planned, was anticipated as much for its cabin interior as for the aircraft…
Business & GAProduct Focus: GPS It’s not every year the avionics industry gets to introduce a new class of product that didn’t exist the prior year. That’s the enviable position that manufacturers of GPS equipment are in…
Business & GABoeing Inks India MOU Boeing signed a 10-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with India's Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL), intended to bring more than $1 billion of new aerospace manufacturing work to India. Under the agreement, the…
CommercialHarris Enters Patent Pact Harris Corp., Melbourne, Fla., entered into a patent licensing agreement with VT Miltope, a company of VT Systems, covering several Harris U.S. and international patents for aviation applications. VT Militope, based in…
CommercialAir France in Cell Phone Trial Air France launched an in-flight cellular phone service trial for international flights. The carrier began a six-month trail with the Mobile OnAir system for its Airbus A318 aircraft operating European routes. OnAir…
Business & GAFAA Certifies Avio NG FAA certified the Avio NG avionics suite of the Eclipse 500 Very Light Jet manufactured by Albuquerque, N.M-based Eclipse Aviation. Aircraft 105, the first production Eclipse 500 equipped with Avio NG, received…
Business & GAAspen Delays Evolution Deliveries Aspen Avionics, Albuquerque, N.M., delayed the launch of its Evolution EFD1000 Electronic Flight Display system, citing delays in the certification process. In a customer letter sent this week, Doug Cayne, Aspen Avionics…