Business & GAAvidyne Gets European, US Approvals on AXP340 Avidyne announced U.S. and European Technical Standard Order (TS) approval of its AXP340 Mode S Transponder. The AXP340 features Extended Squitter (ES) to transmit Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) Out information to…
Business & GABeechcraft Ready to Deliver Upgraded Hawker 400XPRs Beechcraft's Hawker 400XPR upgrade program is ready to make its first three deliveries. The Wichita, Kan.-based General Aviation (GA) manufacturer offers the factory designed upgrade package with several approved airframe…
ATM ModernizationUK to Launch ‘Time Based’ Air Traffic Separation NATS, the U.K.'s air traffic control firm, is launching a new Air Traffic (AT) system that will reduce delays by 80,000 minutes per year, the group says. Scheduled for operation by…
Embedded AvionicsLockheed to Supply UK Apache Upgrades Lockheed Martin announced a $60 million contract with AgustaWestland for the Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS) system on the U.K.’s fleet of Apache AH Mk-1 aircraft. Under…
Business & GAFAA Alters ‘Angle of Attack’ for Crash Prevention [Avionics Today February 5, 2014] The FAA announced a major shift in its regulation of Angle of Attack (AOA) indicators for small aircraft, making it easier for General Aviation (GA) operators to…
CommercialAerospace Small Businesses 'Lose Thousands' to Red Tape [Avionics Today February 5, 2014] The biggest challenge facing smaller American aerospace companies is waiting; response times needed for FAA approvals, according to Aspen Avionics CEO John Uczekaj, can paralyze small businesses. …
Embedded AvionicsNorthrop to Improve B-2 Bomber Avionics [Avionics Today February 5, 2014] Northrop Grumman is ready to begin demonstrating a faster and more affordable way to replace obsolete avionics on the U.S. Air Force's fleet of B-2 stealth bombers.…
Business & GAADS-B In 'Not Likely' by 2020, IG Says [Avionics Today February 4, 2014] Avionics that enable pilots to receive real-time information about their position and the airborne location of other aircraft, or Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast In, will "not likely be…