ATM Modernization

Virgin Atlantic, Honeywell Team to Improve Fuel Efficiency

Virgin Atlantic A330 aircraft. Photo: Virgin Atlantic [Avionics Today 06-15-2015] Virgin Atlantic Airways will be the first airline to install Honeywell Aerospace’s new flight management service aimed to help airlines increase efficiency…

ATM Modernization

Aireon to Bring Space-Based ADS-B to New Zealand Airspace

[Avionics Today 06-15-2015] Aireon has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Airways New Zealand, New Zealand’s Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP), to collaborate on the investigation of the potential to deploy…

Business & GA

BAE Systems Absorbs Esterline’s Eclipse ISR Business

Esterline headquarters. Photo: Esterline [Avionics Today 06-12-2015] Esterline Corporation, a manufacturer serving global aerospace and defense markets, has completed the sale of its Texas-based subsidiary, Eclipse Electronic Systems to BAE Systems. Eclipse produces…

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Elbit Systems Brings EVS to the COMAC C919

View from an Elbit Systems EVS. Photo: Elbit Systems [Avionics Today 06-12-2015] Elbit Systems of America will provide Shanghai Avionics Corporation’s (SAVIC) COMAC C919 aircraft with Kollsman Enhanced Vision System-Superior Performance (EVS-SP).…

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Rohde & Schwarz to Modernize Colombian ATC

The R&S Series4200 stationary radios from Rohde & Schwarz now enable the detection of simultaneous transmissions (DSiT) in air traffic control. Photo: Rohde & Schwarz [Avionics Today 06-12-2015] The Colombian Special Administrative…

ATM Modernization

Experts Speak to Cyber Security in Aviation

[Avionics Today 06-12-2015] Experts from Zodiac, Cobham Satcom and Intelsat came together earlier this week to speak to the increasingly intense topic of aviation cyber security. During the 2015 Global Connected Aircraft…

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Honeywell to Supply AgustaWestland AW101 with New INS

AgustaWestland AW101. Photo: Wikipedia [Avionics Today 06-11-2015] Honeywell Aerospace will supply its Laseref VI Inertial Navigation System (INS) to the the Finmeccanica-AgustaWestland AW101 helicopter. According to Honeywell, the inertial navigation technology will…