Business & GA

Gogo Biz Achieves In-flight Wi-Fi Milestone

Aircell, Gogo's business aviation group, has surpassed 2,000 Gogo Biz system installations.    Gogo Biz was first introduced June 2009, to bring Gogo's in-flight connectivity service to business jets. According to Gogo,…

Business & GA

WestJet’s 737 Fleet Gets Connected 

Canadian airline WestJet signed a multi-year agreement with Panasonic Avionics to add wireless satellite-based in-flight connectivity to its fleet of Boeing Next-Generation 737 aircraft.    Under the agreement, Panasonic will provide stored…

Embedded Avionics

Northrop Grumman Provides Military Navigation Systems

The U.S. Air Force issued a purchase and sustainment contract to Northrop Grumman potentially worth $200 million for its suite of Embedded Global Positioning/Internal Navigation Systems (EGI).    Under the contract, Northrop…

Commercial

Aspen Brings Glass Avionics to Robinson

Robinson Helicopter has unveiled a new line of glass instrument panels and avionics for its R22, R44 and R66 helicopters.    The new line includes Garmin’s GTN 600/700 touch-screen navigators, as well…

Commercial

Aegean Airlines Upgrades With Lufthansa

Aegean Airlines, the largest airline in Greece, is upgrading its fleet wide flight procedures with a Lufthansa Systems package, including a five-year contract for the Lido/Flight flight planning solution, as well as…

ATM Modernization

NATS’ ‘Pioneering Deal’ Redoes Radar Sites 

NATS, the U.K.'s Air Traffic Control (ATC) firm, has signed a "pioneering deal" with two wind turbine developers, SSE and Vattenfall, that has secured enough funding to modify two Raytheon manufactured radar…

Business & GA

The Future of Helicopter Cockpit Avionics

[Avionics Today February 12, 2014] Helicopters are no longer lagging behind Air Transport (AT) aircraft and business jets in terms of featuring the most advanced avionics systems, as attendees of the upcoming…