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…

Commercial

Trans State Airlines Taps Universal for ERJ 145 ACARS, Datalink

Trans State Airline’s ERJ 145 for which Universal Avionics has been contracted to provide ACARS, datalink capabilities. Photo: Universal Avionics [Avionics Today 05-11-2016] Trans States Airlines has selected Universal Avionics UniLink Communications…

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…