ATM Modernization

Satcom Direct FlightDeck Freedom Fetches FANS for Legacy Aircraft

[Avionics Today 07-16-2015] Satcom Direct’s FlightDeck Freedom now supports aircraft equipped with Rockwell Collins CMU-1000 datalink systems as well as aircraft equipped with a Universal Avionics UniLink UL-800/801 Communications Management Unit (CMU)…

Commercial

Bell Boeing Delivers Japan’s V-22 Osprey Tiltrotor

V-22 Osprey. Photo: Boeing [Avionics Today 07-15-2015] The United States Navy has awarded Bell Boeing, a strategic alliance between Bell Helicopter and Boeing, a contract to deliver five Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey…

Commercial

IBS Delivers Components to Lockheed Martin’s F-35

[Avionics Today 07-15-2015] IBC Advanced Alloys has delivered its first completed Beralcast azimuth gimbal housing components to Lockheed Martin for the F-35 Lightning II Electro Optical Targeting System (EOTS). Lockheed Martin F-35.…

ATM Modernization

Solar Impulse II Stalls Out in Hawaii

[Avionics Today 07-15-2015] The round-the-world flight of Solar Impulse II, a completely solar powered aircraft, has been suspended until early spring 2016 due to irreparable damage to the aircraft’s batteries, which overheated…

Business & GA

Embraer BizJet Business Picks Up in Second Quarter

Embraer aircraft. Photo: Wikipedia [Avionics Today 07-15-2015] Embraer has seen a pickup in business jet deliveries in the second quarter of 2015 and has recorded a record backlog of more than $22.9…

Business & GA

McMurdo SARs to be Featured on AVIC AC312s, Y12s

[Avionics Today 07-14-2015] French Search and Rescue (SAR) manufacturer McMurdo made a major expansion into the growing Chinese domestic aviation market last week, securing a $2.4 million contract with Aviation Industry Corp.…