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…
ATM ModernizationAeroMACS on the Horizon to Modernize Surface, Communications Operations [Avionics Today 05-15-2015] When it comes to improving operations through connectivity, System Wide Information Management (SWIM) is making a big splash, but in enabling SWIM and a whole host of other NextGen…
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…
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