Business & GAPilotView 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 & GASandel 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 & GAGarmin 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…
CommercialTrimble 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…
Business & GAAn Avionics ‘Enormous Leap Forward’: Cessna Citation Latitude [Avionics Today Feb. 20, 2014] Cessna completed the first prototype flight with its latest midsize business jet, the Citation Latitude. Cessna completes first flight of Citation Latitude. Photo, courtesy of…
Embedded AvionicsUS Navy Tests Super Hornet Infrared Sensor The U.S. Navy completed its first flight test of the Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet Infrared Search and Track (IRST) sensor, designed to find hard-to-track targets over long distances. Boeing…
Business & GAATR Making iPad EFB Software European turboprop aircraft manufacturer ATR has developed Single-point Performance Software (SPS), a computation application for iPad Electronic Flight Bags (EFBs) that allows pilots to compute their takeoff and landing parameters in real…
CommercialLOT Allows In-flight PED Use LOT Polish Airlines has begun allowing its passengers to use their Personal Electronic Devices (PEDs) during all phases of flight. The Polish carrier's decision was influenced by the European Aviation Safety…