Business & GA

Wind River VxWorks 653 Providing Power for Airbus Helionix

[Avionics Magazine 05-11-2016] Wind River recently announced its VxWorks 653 Real Time Operating System (RTOS) platform is powering the multi-function display, flight management and autopilot for Airbus Helicopters' Helionix avionics suite. Avionics…

Connectivity

AIT Simplifies Streaming MIL-STD-1553 for Avionics Testing

MIL-STD-1553 Ethernet data acquisition unit. Photo: AIT [Avionics Today 05-10-2016] Avionics Interface Technologies (AIT) has introduced a new network appliance for streaming MIL-STD1553 bus data over Ethernet Local Area Networks (LANs), the…

Commercial

GEE Grows Global IFC Reach with $550 Million EMC Acquisition

[Avionics Today 05-10-2016] In-Flight Entertainment and Connectivity (IFEC) provider Global Eagle Entertainment (GEE) is acquiring satellite connectivity provider EMC for $550 million, the companies announced this morning. The acquisition, anticipated to close…

ATM Modernization

Europe Brings First EGNOS LPV 200 Approaches to Paris

[Avionics Magazine 05-09-2016] Europe has established its first Localizer Performance with Vertical guidance (LPV)-200 approaches at Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) in Paris, France, according to the European Global Navigation Satellite Systems…