CommercialDual, Arclarity Form UAS Sense and Avoid Partnership [Avionics Today 02-19-2015] Aviation GPS and Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B) receivers manufacturer Dual Electronics has announced a partnership with 3-D augmented reality aviation system provider Arclarity to develop a sense…
CommercialPiedmont Upgrades Dash 8 Flight Management Systems [Avionics Today 02-19-2015] Piedmont Airlines has selected Universal Avionics to provide GPS-based Flight Management Systems (FMS) for their fleet of Bombardier Dash 8 100 aircraft. Under a new contract, Universal will provide…
ATM ModernizationAireon Inks ADS-B Agreement with Central, West African ANSP [Avionics Today 02-19-2015] Aireon has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Agency for the Security of Aviation Navigation in Africa and Madagascar (ASECNA) to provide Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) capabilities…
ATM ModernizationFAA Awaits Feedback on Proposed Small UAS Rules [Avionics Today 02-18-2015] The FAA finally introduced its highly anticipated draft of rules regulating the commercial use of small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), or UAS weighing less than 55 pounds. Included in…
ATM ModernizationEuropean Commission Commits to Funding Centralized ATM Services EC to fund a litany of centralized services to improve ATM. Photo: Eurocontrol [Avionics Today 02-18-2015] The European Commission (EC) has announced that it will support proposed Centralized Services (CS) initiatives with…
CommercialOrbital ATK Begins Building Dreamliner Composite Frames Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Photo: Boeing [Avionics Today 02-18-2015] Orbital ATK has begun manufacturing the advanced composite primary structures for Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner in the Freeport Composites Center in Clearfield, Utah. Orbital is…
Business & GAPratt & Whitney Canada Certified to Power Gulfstream’s New BizJets Gulfstream G500 in flight. Photo: Gulfstream [Avionics Today 02-18-2015] Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) has received Transport Canada type certification for its PurePower PW814GA and PW815GA engines, which will power the new…
CommercialAirbus to Sell Cimpa Subsidiary to European IT Company [Avionics Today 02-18-2015] Airbus is pursuing negotiations to sell its subsidiary Cimpa, which oversees product lifecycle management, to European IT company Sopra Steria. Airbus decided to sell Cimpa with the aim to…
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