Business & GACanada Approves Global Vision Flight Deck Canadian officials have approved Bombardier's Global Vision flight deck, the airframer announced Friday. “This is an important milestone, as aircraft equipped with the Global Vision flight deck can now be granted a…
Business & GAFairfax County Selects Becker Audio System Becker Avionics, based in Miramar, Fla., will supply its DVCS6100 Digital Audio System for Fairfax County, Va., Police Helicopter Division's new Bell 429s. The aircraft are currently undergoing completion at Paradigm Aerospace…
Embedded AvionicsBoeing Awarded C-130 AMP Training Contract Boeing received a $61 million U.S. Air Force contract for two more C-130 Avionics Modernization Program (AMP) kits and two Aircrew Training System devices as part of a low-rate initial production (LRIP)…
Business & GACarlisle Interconnect Awarded EFB STC Carlisle Interconnect Technologies/ECS, based in St. Augustine, Fla., was awarded a FAA supplemental type certificate (STC) for the installation of three configurations of a Class 3 electronic flight bag (EFB) on Boeing 737-600s, -700s, 700Cs,…
Business & GAAspen Avionics Awarded EASA STCs Aspen Avionics, based in Albuquerque, N.M., was awarded two additional EASA supplemental type certificates (STC) for the Evolution Primary Flight Display (PFD) system. Avionik Straubing of Germany has developed an STC for the…
CommercialAlaska Airlines Nears Wi-Fi Completion Alaska Airlines on Thursday said the Gogo In-flight Internet service from Aircell is now available on nearly all aircraft in its fleet. With the installation of the service scheduled for completion later…
CommercialGlobal Hawk Lands in Grand Forks Photo courtesy Northrop Grumman The first RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system (UAS) arrived at Grand Forks Air Force Base, the second main operating base in the United States for the aircraft. The Global…
ATM ModernizationIndustry Scan AMC, AEEC Delegates Gather in Memphis, Tenn. Hundreds of representatives of airlines and avionics vendors gathered in Memphis, Tenn., in April at the AMC Open Forum. Meanwhile, avionics engineers gathered nearby to…