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Garmin Releases Aviation Weather Receiver

[Avionics Today February 24, 2014] Garmin has released the GXM 42, a portable aviation weather receiver that gives pilots the ability to access new weather services available from Sirius XM's satellite network.   …

Business & GA

RUAG Overhauls DHC-6 Twin Otter Avionics

[Avionics Today February 21, 2014] Technicians at RUAG Aviation's facility in Bern-Belp, Switzerland completed an avionics overhaul for a 33-year-old DHC-6 Twin Otter.    RUAG said the overhaul was part of its re-life…

ATM Modernization

UK-Ireland Air Traffic Plan Underway

[Avionics Today February 21, 2014] The U.K.'s Civil Aviation Authority and Ireland's Irish Aviation Authority Safety Regulation Division (IAA SRD) have finished drafting a joint performance plan for combining Air Traffic Control (ATC)…

Business & GA

PilotView EFB to Go in CSeries

[Avionics Today February 21, 2014] Esterline CMC Electronics' PilotView Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) has been selected as a factory option for Bombardier's CSeries aircraft.      PilotView EFB. Photo, courtesy of Esterline CMC.…

Business & GA

Sandel Improves SG102 Performance 

[Avionics Today February 21, 2014] Sandel Avionics announced upgrades to its SG102 Attitude and Heading Reference System (AHRS) to improve the initialization time by one minute, or three times the speed of the…

Business & GA

Garmin Adds Synthetic Vision to iPad App

Garmin has updated its iPad and iPhone-based Garmin Pilot to include Synthetic Vision (SV).    The synthetic vision display within Garmin Pilot as it appears when used in conjunction with a GDL…

Commercial

Trimble Launches AX60i, AX80

[Avionics Today Feb. 20, 2014] Trimble has unveiled two new additions to its airborne LIDAR systems portfolio, the AX60i and AX80, designed for fixed wing and rotorcraft.    The systems are designed…