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Commercial

Air France Selects CMC Satcom System

Air France selected Esterline CMC Electronics' multi-channel SwiftBroadband compliant Satellite Communications (Satcom) high gain antenna system for its uture B777-300s. The CMA-2102SB antenna supports Inmarsat Safety Services, Aero-H+, Swift64 and SwiftBroadband satellite…

Commercial

Cobham HGA Certified on Airbus Family

The Cobham HGA-7001 High Gain Antenna system has been certified on the Airbus Long Range family of aircraft, the company said. “With the Long Range program certified, we can now finalise adding…

Commercial

Lion Air Selects Teledyne WQAR

Indonesia's Lion Air selected Teledyne Controls Wireless GroundLink Quick Access Recorder (WQAR) to retrofit its 60 Boeing 737-900ERs. Additionally, the airline selected the AirFASE software, a Flight Data Monitoring (FDM) tool jointly…

Business & GA

CMC EFB Selected for Boeing ONAT

Esterline CMC Electronics CMA-1410 Class 2 PilotView Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) was selected by Boeing for its B747-8 Onboard Network Access Terminal (ONAT) system. The 10.4-inch device will be used as a…

Business & GA

Primus Apex TSO'ed for Viking Twin Otter

The Honeywell Primus Apex integrated avionics suite received Technical Standard Order (TSO) approval from FAA for the new Viking Twin Otter Series 400 commuter aircraft, the company announced at the Farnborough Airshow on…

Commercial

Atlant Soyuz Selects Honeywell Avionics

Russian airline Atlant Soyuz selected Honeywell to provide its full avionics suite, including IntuVue 3-D advanced weather radar, for its Boeing B737-800s in a $7 million contract announced at this week's Farnborough…

Commercial

Virgin Atlantic to Use Rockwell Collins Systems

Virgin Atlantic selected avionics systems from Rockwell Collins for its fleet of 10 A330-300s. With the selection, Virgin Atlantic becomes the launch customer for Rockwell Collins new Digital Low Range Altimeter (DLRA) LRA-2100,…

Embedded Avionics

Raytheon Awarded V-22 Software Contract

The U.S. Navy has awarded Raytheon  a five-year, $250 million indefinite delivery-indefinite quantity contract for support of the V-22s. Under terms of the contract, Raytheon will provide V-22 avionics systems software, situational…