Business & GAADS-B in the Gulf While not renowned for its speed in implementing programs, FAA is working quickly to replace the nation’s aging, radar-based air traffic control system with one based on Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B). Helicopter…
Business & GAWide Bodies, Big Screens The new generation of widebody, long-range aircraft, including the Boeing 777 and the superjumbo Airbus A380, is spurring a new generation of in-flight entertainment (IFE) systems designed to offer more options for…
Business & GAProduct Focus: Antennas New antenna and broadband technologies are bringing new capabilities and new scope to in-flight communications and entertainment systems. Business travel used to mean putting some tasks on hold while in flight. Such…
Business & GANew Products Umbilical Contract W. L. Gore & Associates won a contract to provide its Umbilical Assemblies for the A-10 Precision Engagement Kit by Lockheed Martin. This is the second contract awarded to Gore…
Business & GAPerspectives: Security and the Separation Kernel Historically, avionics systems have largely been designed to fit a single application need, such as an attitude indicator or central warning system. The software-intense designs of today’s avionics systems are quite a…
CommercialeX2 Flies Aboard A380 Panasonic Avionics Corp., Lake Forest, Calif., said it finished a successful week of in-flight operability testing for its eX2 in-flight entertainment (IFE) system aboard the Airbus A380 aircraft. In a series of…
MilitaryCMC to Equip EFB on Austrian’s C-130s CMC Electronics has been selected by the Austrian Air Force to equip the flight decks of three C-130 aircraft with its PilotView Electronic Flight Bag (EFB). Financial terms of the deal were…
CommercialEmpire Aero Center to Install Virgin America’s IFE Virgin America, a new San Francisco-based start-up airline, selected Empire Aero Center of Rome, N.Y., to install Panasonic Avionics' in-flight entertainment systems on the airline's Airbus A320 family aircraft. Virgin America has…