Business & GAAmapola to Use iPad as EFB Swedish cargo carrier Amapola received approval from Swedish aviation regulators to use an Apple iPad as a Class 2 electronic flight bag (EFB) on its fleet of Fokker 50s turboprops. . Fokker Services,…
ATM ModernizationAir Arabia to Use Lufthansa Systems Air Arabia will use Lufthansa Systems' Lido/Flight for flight planning, the companies announced Tuesday. According to Lufthansa, Lido/Flight calculates optimal flight routes based on various factors and can reduce fuel costs by up…
MilitaryBoeing to Begin LRIP of P-8A Poseidon Boeing received a $1.6 billion contract from the U.S. Navy for low-rate initial production (LRIP) of the P-8A Poseidon aircraft. The LRIP 1 contract is for six P-8A aircraft, spares, logistics and…
CommercialGE, AVIC Form Avionics Joint Venture GE Aviation and Aviation Industry Corp. of China (AVIC) on Friday formed a 50/50 joint venture company, GE-AVIC Civil Avionics Systems Company Ltd., to develop and market integrated avionic systems for new…
CommercialARINC Tests VDL Mode 2 Frequency Management ARINC, of Annapolis, Md., demonstrated a Multi-Frequency Management (MFM) auto-tune capability for VDL Mode 2 (VHF Digital Link Mode 2) communications. During the tests in Q3 of 2010, which were performed with Boeing,…
Embedded AvionicsARINC Upgrading Avionics for OC-135B ARINC Engineering Services, of Annapolis, Md., started installation of new cockpit avionics on the first of two ‘Open Skies’ OC-135B observation aircraft of the U.S. Air Force, the company said Thursday. Under…
Business & GAHangar One to Upgrade LASD Helicopters Hangar One Avionics, of Carlsbad, Calif., has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) to upgrade the avionics systems on its new fleet of 14 Eurocopter…
MilitaryJoint STARS Test Bed Completes Deployment Northrop Grumman's E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) test bed aircraft completed the second of two deployments to Naval Air Station Pt. Mugu, Calif., in support of the U.S.…