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Military

US Air Force Gets Latest C-5M Super Galaxy

C 5M Super Galaxy. Photo: Lockheed Martin [Avionics Magazine 11-04-2016] The U.S. Air Force took delivery of the newest C-5M Super Galaxy on Nov. 1. The C 5M was ferried from the…

Connectivity

Gogo Announces Third Quarter 2016 Earnings

[Avionics Magazine 11-3-2016] Gogo announced its third quarter 2016 earnings, with a record quarterly revenue of $147 million, an increase of 17 percent from the same period last year. Here is a…

Commercial

Iridium Releases New Satellite Aviation Services

Photo: Iridium [Avionics Magazine 11-03-2016] Iridium Communications has released a new suite of aviation products and services, featuring Iridium Certus technology.  The suite features products from four leading avionics manufacturers, which will…

Business & GA

Connected EFBs Come to Life on Hawaiian Airlines

Swift-Broadband Safety (SB-S) EFB in-flight evaluation trials onboard a Hawaiian airlines flight. Photo: Cobham [Avionics Magazine 11-03-2016] Cobham Satcom’s Aviator 300D and Inmarsat’s SwiftBroadband-Safety (SB-S) system have enabled in-air connected Electronic Flight…

Business & GA

HondaJet Sets Dual Speed Records

HondaJet in Panama as part of the Latin American demonstration tour. Photo: Hondajet [Avionics Magazine 11-03-2016] Honda Aircraft Company’s HondaJet has officially secured two speed records over two recognized courses. The first…

Commercial

Rockwell Collins Targets Slashing NOTAM Number with New Tool

The SmartNOTAM tool. Photo: Rockwell Collins [Avionics Magazine 11-03-2016] Rockwell Collins is teaming with Skyguide, the air navigation services provider for Switzerland, to integrate SmartNOTAM into the company’s ARINCDirect flight planning services,…

ATM Modernization

Textron Certifies ADS-B Options for Citation Mustang

[Avionics Magazine 11-03-2016] A full range of ADS-B options are now available for all Citation, King Air and Hawker aircraft, as Textron Aviation has recently completed certification for Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast Out…

Commercial

Cobham AvComm Releases ADS-B Test App

Photo: Cobham AvComm [Avionics Magazine 11-02-2016] Cobham AvComm has released an Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) test application, Integrity. The new application controls Cobham's IFR6000 or IFR6015 transponder test sets and GPSG-1000 positional…