CommercialCabin Comfort On The A380 The first Airbus A380 to enter commercial service, delivered to Singapore Airlines last October some 18 months later than planned, was anticipated as much for its cabin interior as for the aircraft…
Business & GAProduct Focus: GPS It’s not every year the avionics industry gets to introduce a new class of product that didn’t exist the prior year. That’s the enviable position that manufacturers of GPS equipment are in…
ATM ModernizationNew Products Certification Guidance A new book, "Avionics Certification: The Complete Guide to DO-178," endeavors to guide readers through the avionics certification process. The authors are Vance Hilderman, who spent 25 years designing aerospace…
Business & GAPerspectives: Climate Uncertainties The latest report of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), political involvement and relentless media hype have created a juggernaut that is about to descend on the aviation industry.…
Business & GABoeing Inks India MOU Boeing signed a 10-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with India's Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL), intended to bring more than $1 billion of new aerospace manufacturing work to India. Under the agreement, the…
CommercialHarris Enters Patent Pact Harris Corp., Melbourne, Fla., entered into a patent licensing agreement with VT Miltope, a company of VT Systems, covering several Harris U.S. and international patents for aviation applications. VT Militope, based in…
CommercialAir France in Cell Phone Trial Air France launched an in-flight cellular phone service trial for international flights. The carrier began a six-month trail with the Mobile OnAir system for its Airbus A318 aircraft operating European routes. OnAir…
Business & GAFAA Certifies Avio NG FAA certified the Avio NG avionics suite of the Eclipse 500 Very Light Jet manufactured by Albuquerque, N.M-based Eclipse Aviation. Aircraft 105, the first production Eclipse 500 equipped with Avio NG, received…