Commercial

US and Panamanian Presidents Witness Historic Transaction

[Avionics Today 04-10-2015] United States President Barack Obama joined Panama President Juan Carlos Varela Rodriguez to witness the largest commercial transaction to ever take place between a Panamanian and U.S.-based company. The…

Business & GA

Astronics Aerosat Scores First Flightstream VVIP Customer

Business passengers on laptop. Photo: Gogo [Avionics Today 04-10-2015] Astronics AeroSat has announced its first VVIP customer for its satellite broadband In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) solution, FliteStream. Associated Air Center, StandardAero's Large Transport…

Business & GA

FAA Grants TSO to L-3 Lynx NGT-9000 MSS

Lynx NGT-9000 MultiLink Surveillance System (MSS) in cockpit. Photo: L-3 [Avionics Today 04-10-2015] L-3 Aviation Products’ Lynx NGT-9000 MultiLink Surveillance System (MSS) models have received Technical Standard Order (TSO) authorization from the…

ATM Modernization

AEA, GAMA Look to Industry to Push Regulatory Change

The components to the combined ADS-B Out solution. Photo: Universal Avionics [Avionics Today 04-10-2015] Pete Bunce, president of the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA), opened the second day of the Aircraft Electronics…

ATM Modernization

North America Remains Largest Market for GA Avionics Sales

[Avionics Today 04-09-2015] Sales of avionics for business and General Aviation (GA) aircraft in 2014 were fairly split between retrofitted and forward-fit equipment, according to the latest edition of the Aircraft Electronics…

Embedded Avionics

Splunk to Support F-35 Systems Behavior

[Avionics Today 04-09-2015] Splunk has received a contract to provide support for Lockheed Martin's F-35 Lightning II program. Under the contract, Splunk will provide Lockheed Martin with Splunk Enterprise to monitor and…

Commercial

CarlisleIT Introduces ARINC 791 Satcom Installation

[Avionics Today 04-09-2015] CarlisleIT, under a new partnership with Saint Gobain Performance Plastics, has introduced a new ARINC 791 solution for Ka- and Ku-band satellite communications installations. The package features adjustable installation…

Embedded Avionics

Oman Begins Link 16 Interoperability Deployment

[Avionics Today 04-09-2015] Tactical Communications Group (TCG) has begun deployment of data link hardware and software to support data link operational and training needs for Link 16 interoperability for the Royal Air…