Business & GAGulfstream Makes FANS Flight Across Atlantic Gulfstream Aerospace announced Tuesday it had recently completed a full Future Air Navigation System (FANS) flight across the Atlantic Ocean using Controller-Pilot Data Link Communication with Automatic Dependent Surveillance (CPDLC/ADS). Gulfstream said…
MilitaryCMC Wins U.S. Air Force Contract CMC Electronics, Montreal, was awarded a follow-on contract by the U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) to supply its portable mission display, known as TacView, for its AC-130 gunship aircraft. AFSOC…
Business & GAViaSat Antenna Hits Milestone ViaSat, Carlsbad, Calif., said Wednesday its ArcLight airborne broadband system recently passed 100,000 flight hours. Most of the hours of the Ku-band satellite service have been logged on large business aircraft using ARINC's SKYLink…
CommercialCMC GPS Sensor Selected by Airbus CMC Electronics, Montreal, was selected by Airbus Transport International (ATI) to supply its IntegriFlight CMA-5024 GPS landing system sensor for its fleet of five A300-600ST Beluga transport aircraft. ATI has previously selected…
CommercialEuropean Operators Get EASA OK for ADS-B Air France, Air One and Volkswagen became the world’s first airlines to obtain EASA approval to use automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) in airspace not covered by radar. The airlines are part of…
CommercialL-3 to Supply Recorders for A350 XWB L-3 Aviation Recorders, Sarasota, Fla., will supply the flight recording system for the Airbus A350 XWB. Under terms of the contract, L-3 will provide cockpit voice recorders, flight data recorders and accelerometers…
Business & GAUniversal Display Installed on Hawker 700A The EFI-890R Flat Panel Glass Display from Universal Avionics, Tucson, Ariz., has been added to the Hawker 700A. The upgrade modification of the Hawker 700A was completed by Mid-Canada Mod Center at…
CommercialRockwell Collins Acquires Display Provider Rockwell Collins announced plans Friday to acquire SEOS, West Sussex, U.K., a supplier of visual display systems for commercial and military full flight simulators. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. After completion…