ATM Modernization

Honeywell and Hughes to Introduce PBN to Myanmar Airspace

[Avionics Today 11-26-2014] Honeywell Aerospace and Hughes Aerospace will assist Myanmar’s Yangon and Mandalay international airports to develop satellite-based navigation technologies for optimizing takeoff and landing routes. Performance-based Navigation (PBN) procedures, made…

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Bohlke Uses Connectivity to Navigate the Islands and Beyond

[Avionics Today 11-26-2104] The Caribbean islands region can present some difficult weather-related flying environments, but aircraft connectivity is helping pilots in the region deal with those challenges everyday. Virgin Islands-based charter carrier…

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Pirker v. Huerta Ruling Clears the Way to UAS Integration

[Avionics Today 11-25-2014] Last week, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) officially placed model Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) within the Federal Aviation Regulations (FARs) definition of aircraft. The Nov. 18 final ruling…

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DAC International Secures EASA and STC Approval for New FMS

The DAC International UNS1Lw Flight Management System. Photo: DAC International [Avionics Today 11-25-2014] DAC International has received European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) approval on its UNS-1Lw Flight…