CommercialL-3 Link Updates A380 Simulator L-3 Link’s Crawley, U.K.-based operation has updated a Lufthansa flight training A380 simulator to the latest Airbus 1.3 product baseline. The updates focused on the simulator’s aircraft systems, avionics and flight aero…
Business & GAAstronics EVS System Approved for Bell Helicopters in China Astronics’s Max-Viz-1500 enhanced vision system received approval by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) for retrofit installation in Bell B206B/206L-4/407 helicopters. “Astronics concurs with Bell Helicopter’s assessment that China will be…
CommercialBoeing’s Phantom Eye Flies Higher, Longer in Second Flight Boeing’s Phantom Eye unmanned aircraft system (UAS) made its second flight Monday at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. (Boeing Phantom Eye. Photo, courtesy of Boeing.) The liquid-hydrogen powered UAS climbed to an…
Business & GAG1000 Avionics Selected for Seneca V Piper Aircraft has selected Garmin's G1000 integrated flight deck for its twin-engine Seneca V model aircraft. “We have a strong, long-standing partnership with Piper Aircraft, and we are honored by the confidence…
Embedded AvionicsDoD Awards Rockwell Collins Contract to Continue GPS Cost Savings Program Rockwell Collins received a $3.2 million technology investment agreement from the Department of Defense (DoD) to continue the next phase of the low-cost military GPS program. DoD previously selected the company for…
Business & GADuncan Completes STC for L-3 ESIS Duncan Aviation certified the installation of an L-3 Communications Avionics Systems GH-3900.2 Electronic Standby Instrument System for Dassault Falcon 2000 and 2000EX aircraft. This multi-use Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) also includes a…
CommercialAirbus Selects Rockwell Collins for A350 Rudder/Brake Airbus has selected Rockwell Collins to provide the rudder/brake pedal assembly for its A350 XWB family aircraft. Rockwell Collins said this is the most content the company has ever been selected to…
CommercialEmbry Riddle Adds Level D FFS to Help Students Meet New ATP Mandate Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is preparing to meet the requirements of the FAA Extension Act of 2010 by becoming the first university to feature an active Level D full-motion flight simulator in its…