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Malaysa Airlines Signs on as STG Saf-Tsign Launch Customer

Saf-Tsign lighting. Photo: STG Aerospace [Avionics Today 04-07-2016] Malaysia Airlines has signed on as the launch customer for STG Aerospace’s saf-Tsign product, which was successfully installed across the airline’s fleet of A380…

ATM Modernization

Universal Avionics, FAA Complete DCL CPDLC Test

Universal Avionics FANS and CPDLC solution hardware, including a Satellite-Based Augmentation System (SBAS)-Flight Management System (FMS), UniLink UL-800/801 Communications Management Unit (CMU) and data capable Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR). Photo: Universal Avionics…

Connectivity

Telefonix STC’d for Summit IFEC Hardware

Summit IFEC ecosystem. Photo: Telefonix PDT [Avionics Today 04-06-2016] Telefonix PDT, the business unit within Telefonix responsible for developing and manufacturing hardware solutions for the Inflight Entertainment and Connectivity (IFEC) market, has…

Commercial

Hainan Airlines Taps Thales for IFE System on A330 Fleet

Hainan Airlines A330. Photo: Thales [Avionics Today 04-06-2016] Thales will equip Hainan Airlines with its Avant In-Flight Entertainment (IFE) system on its future fleet of wide-body A330 aircraft. The first aircraft is…

Commercial

Cockpit Displays Power Innovation on Boeing 737 MAX

[Avionics Today 04-06-2016] Among the new cockpit capabilities that Boeing  has introduced on its fastest selling aircraft, the 737 Max, are four large displays that provide a window to the avionics systems…

ATM Modernization

The World's Top 10 Busiest Airports

[Avionics Today 04-06-2016] To those of us following the FAA's Metroplex redesign efforts in the U.S., it won't come as a surprise that Airports Council International (ACI) ranked the Atlanta-Hartsfield Jackson International…

Commercial

Airbus to Retrofit A350 Fleets with Gogo’s 2Ku

Airbus A350. Photo: Airbus [Avionics Today 04-06-2016] Gogo has partnered with Airbus subsidiary Airbus Corporate Jet Center (ACJC) to install its satellite-based 2Ku In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) solution on a retrofit basis on…