CommercialTurkish Airlines Selects New Flight Simulator Image Generation Turkish Airlines has selected the EP-8000 image generation system from Rockwell Collins for its flight simulation platform. (C-17 image generated from EP-8000. Photo, courtesy of Rockwell Collins.) The EP-800…
CommercialIFE to Bring FlightPath3D Moving Map to More Airlines IFE Services has a new partnership agreement with Betria Interactive to begin introducing the FlightPath3D moving map to commercial aircraft. (FlightPath3D moving map. Photo, courtesy of Betria.) FlightPath3D, an…
ATM ModernizationOIG: FAA Needs to Improve Air Traffic Controller Scheduling FAA's policy regulating the scheduling of its air traffic controller workforce needs improvement to mitigate its impact on fatigue, controller performance and agency costs, according to a new report released by the…
Business & GAGarmin Working on Beechjet, Hawker G5000 Avionics Retrofit Garmin is currently developing a G5000 avionics retrofit for Beechjet 400A and Hawker 400 XP jets. (An illustration of what the Beechjet 400A G5000 cockpit will look like. Photo, courtesy…
CommercialRockwell Collins to Sell Kaiser Optical Rockwell Collins has reached a firm agreement to sell its spectrographic instrumentation subsidiary Kaiser Optical to Endress+Hauser for an undisclosed sum. Rockwell Collins CEO Kelly Ortberg said the move will allow his…
ATM ModernizationFAA Deploys Next Generation Time-Based Air Traffic System FAA recently began initial deployment of a new time-based air traffic metering tool at all 20 en route air traffic control centers across the United States, the Time-Based Flow Management (TBFM) system,…
CommercialRussian Operators Select Honeywell Avionics for New Aircraft Honeywell received orders for a total of 126 of its avionics suites from Russian airlines Aeroflot and UTair, and aircraft leasing firm Aviation Capital Services (ACS). (Honeywell's Intuvue 3D weather…
Embedded AvionicsViaSat to Supply Communications Upgrades for US Army Apaches ViaSat has been selected as the supplier of the Small Tactical Terminal (STT) KOR-24A to upgrade battlefield communications capabilities for the U.S. Army fleet of AH-64E Apache helicopters. The Army is…