Business & GAPanasonic Avionics Names New CEO Panasonic Avionics, the Lake Forest, Calif.-based in-flight entertainment (IFE) supplier, named Paul Margis its new CEO, the company announced Wednesday. Margis joined the company in 1992 and has more than 30 years…
CommercialEmergency Lighting System Gets STC STG Aerospace received a supplemental type certificate (STC) for its Wireless Emergency Primary Power System for the whole Boeing 737NG family, the U.K.-based company said. The emergency lighting system has a built-in…
CommercialQ&A: Avionics Upgrades, Airbus Style Pierre Magro was nominated head of the avionics product line within Airbus Customer Services in 2005. He is responsible for the production, quality and scheduling of all design, technical solutions and supply…
Business & GAProduct Focus: In-Flight Entertainment Starting this summer, a spate of cellular and voice products are slated to enter the market, further transforming the aircraft cabin into a mobile office, telephone booth and living room. Onboard phone…
ATM ModernizationNew Products Sabre Jet Memories Avionics Contributing Editor James W. Ramsey has published "The Buried Dot," chronicling his experiences as a fighter interceptor pilot flying the F-86D/L Sabre Jet in the 1950s. The title…
MilitaryDRS Wins Radar Contract DRS Technologies, Parsippany, N.J., said it received a $7.1 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide depot radar repair services. The contract, which is with the Warner Robins Air Logistics…
CommercialCAE, Air Canada in Training Pact Canadian simulator company CAE said it signed a series of contracts with Air Canada to give CAE responsibility for training center operation services for the airline’s Toronto and Vancouver centers. The contracts…
Business & GAAspen Avionics Unveils GA Glass Cockpit Aspen Avionics, Albuquerque, N.M., unveiled its Evolution Flight Display system, a system it calls the most innovative and affordable glass cockpit system for general aviation aircraft. The company, which introduced the system…