Latest Articles by Tish Drake

Business & GA

Aircell System Selected for Dassault Falcon

Dassault will install an in-flight Internet system from Aircell, the companies announced last week. Dassault Falcon will offer the Aircell High Speed Internet system aboard its entire fleet, including the Falcon 7X,…

Business & GA

Universal Streamlines FMS Certification Path

Universal Avionics, based in Tucson, Ariz., in collaboration with FAA, is streamlining the certification process for the WAAS/SBAS-Flight Management System (FMS). The company said the "Engineering Assisted Field Approval Process" provides Universal FMS operators an…

Commercial

Honeywell Wins Air China APU Order

Honeywell received a $64 million contract to supply its 131-9A Auxiliary Power Units (APU) for Air China's new A320 deliveries and will also administer an exclusive supply agreement for APUs on 141…

Commercial

Panasonic Inks Deal with US Airways

Panasonic Avionics, based in Lake Forest, Calif., announced a deal with US Airways under which the avionics company will install its eX2 in-flight entertainment and communication (IFEC) system on 15 Airbus A330-200s used on trans-Atlantic routes.…

Business & GA

Honeywell Runway Safety Systems OKed

Honeywell's SmartRunway and SmartLanding products received FAA technical standard order (TSO) approval, the company said Wednesday. The company said SmartRunway provides visual and aural alerts to pilots about runway and taxi locations and…

Military

EMS Defense Wins F-22 Contract

EMS Defense & Space was awarded a $3.7 million contract from Lockheed Martin to develop an electronically steered, switched-beam antenna for the F-22 Multi-function Advanced Data Link (MADL) system upgrade. EMS currently…

Business & GA

Universal FMS OKed for Cessna

Universal Avionics's UNS-1Espw Flight Management System (FMS) was certified for installation on the Cessna Citation 560 Excel and XLS aircraft. Cessna received a FAA amended Type Certificate (TC) for the dual UNS-1Espw…

Commercial

Babbitt Stresses NextGen Urgency

FAA Administrator J. Randolph Babbitt stressed commitment to the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) and an urgency to implement the recommendations from the RTCA Task Force. Additionally, Babbitt called on all members of the aviation community to…