Editor's NoteColumbia and Piasecki To Upgrade Model 107 Helicopters - AIN - July 2 Columbia Helicopters announced a partnership with Piasecki Aircraft to upgrade current Model 107-II tandem-rotor helicopters for better fuel efficiency, power and reliability like the new Columbia CHI-107-III model, AIN reported. Modifications cover…
MilitaryUSAF Lays Out Details of Possible HH-60W Upgrades The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio has laid out some details of possible upgrades to the HH-60W Jolly Green II personnel recovery/combat search and rescue…
Business & GAEmbraer Phenom 100 Approved for Prodigy-to-Garmin G1000 NXi Cockpit Upgrade Garmin International has achieved certification of its G1000 NXi integrated flight deck for Embraer Phenom 100 business jets that are equipped with the Prodigy flight deck. Originally targeted for regulatory approval by…
MilitaryNewly Minted Collins Aerospace to Upgrade B-1 Trainers Collins Aerospace, formerly Rockwell Collins, will update B-1 Lancer training systems for Aero Simulation Inc. (ASI), which last month received a contract for B-1 training system sustainment from the U.S. Air Force…
CommercialHeli-One Sikorsky Upgraded to Universal Avionics Flight Deck Heli-One’s Sikorsky S-76B upgrade program is now complete. The program put in place a Universal Avionics, which said that testing is imminent for the aircraft. The upgraded cockpit includes three EFI-890H flight…
MilitaryCascade Aerospace Continues Mexico’s C-130 Rockwell Collins Upgrades One Fuerza Aérea Mexicana (FAM) L-100 (C-130) Hercules is set to get a modernization makeover. Cascade Aerospace Inc. said it is set to give the aircraft a Rockwell Collins avionics suite. This…
MilitaryV-22 to Receive DVE Improvements Under Cockpit Upgrade Contract The Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey needs some avionics support, and the U.S. Defense Department has tapped the manufacturer to provide it. Funds are coming from the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy, with…
CommercialRockwell Collins Gets EASA Nod for Boeing 767 Display Upgrade Rockwell Collins’ large-format flight display upgrade for the Boeing 767 has received EASA type certification. This adds to the pre-existing FAA certification. “This upgrade brings new life to the flight deck and…
MilitaryFirst Upgraded MK21B Takes First Flight At Leonardo’s facility in Yeovil, England, the first upgraded MK21B Super Lynx for the Brazilian navy took its first flight, Leonardo said. This is the first of eight aircraft that are set…
MilitaryRockwell Collins USAF Upgrades Could Have KC-135s Flying in Their 90s A Boeing KC-135 with Rockwell Collins-upgraded avionics has been delivered to The Iowa Air National Guard’s 185th Air Refueling Wing in Sioux City, the guard said. The aircraft received a Block 45…