Business & GAAMAC Aerospace Offers VVIP Customers Simple Smartphone Use through TrueNorth Avionics GSM [Avionics Today 05-18-2015] TrueNorth Avionics announced today at the European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (EBACE) taking place in Geneva, Switzerland that AMAC Aerospace has installed the company’s Simphone Global System for Mobile…
Business & GAGulfstream G500/600 Sees Significant Progress [Avionics Today 05-18-2015] Gulfstream Aerospace’s development programs for its all-new aircraft family, the Gulfstream G500 and G600, are well under way, with two of five G500 flight-test aircraft complete and the remaining…
Business & GABeechcraft’s King Air Upgrades with Rockwell Collins Avionics [Avionics Today 05-18-2015] New production of Beechcraft’s King Air turboprops will soon feature Rockwell Collins Pro Line Fusion avionics system as standard equipment. The company is pairing the new avionics with upgraded…
Business & GARockwell Collins Offers Smart Router to ARINCDirect Customers [Avionics Today 05-18-2015] Rockwell Collins has entered into a strategic partnership with International Communications Group (ICG) to offer its eRouter (ERT-100 and ERT-120) smart cabin routers to the company’s ARINCDirect business aviation…
Embedded AvionicsRockwell Collins Scores NASA Contract to Develop Sonic Boom Cockpit Display NASA’s initial depiction of sonic boom footprint integrated with real-time, local-area moving map. Rockwell Collins will develop conceptual cockpit display using the data to investigate how to best show this to pilots.…
ATM ModernizationACSS T3CAS Surveillance System Sees Airbus ADS-B Certification ACSS T3CAS. Photo: ACSS [Avionics Today 05-15-2015] L-3 and Thales joint venture ACSS has announced that its XS-950 Mode S Transponder and T3CAS Surveillance System have been certified by Airbus to DO-260B,…
CommercialFAA Awards DUATS Contracts to CSC, Lockheed Martin [Avionics Today 05-15-2015] The FAA awarded Direct User Access Terminal (DUATS) II contracts to Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) and Lockheed Martin to provide operational Internet-based automated pre-flight services. The period of performance…
ATM ModernizationNATS Sees Rise UK Traffic, Cuts in Delays in April Figures Photo: NATS [Avionics Today 05-15-2015] NATS reports that air traffic in the United Kingdom increased by 1.2 percent in April compared to the same month last year, with no en-route delay attributable…