ATM ModernizationNew Products Weather Receiver WSI Corp., Andover, Mass., introduced its WSI InFlight AV-300 datalink weather receiver and AV-350, a cockpit weather system enabling aircraft operators to receive WSI’s weather content plus Sirius Satellite Radio…
Business & GAPerspectives: VoIP Pros and Cons Much has been written and spoken about implementing Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) for aeronautical applications. Leading this charge are aeronautical communications service providers and product manufacturers, hyping and promoting VoIP for…
CommercialBoeing Signs Up Six for Monitoring Unit Boeing said six airlines adopted its in-flight monitoring system in the first half of the year, bringing to 15 the number of airlines and freight carriers to sign for the program. Airlines,…
Business & GAAeroVironment Founder Dies Founder and former chairman of AeroVironment, Paul MacCready, died Tuesday. MacCready founded Monrovia, Calif.-based AeroVironment in 1971. This month, the company celebrated the 30th anniversary of the record-setting flight of the human…
Editor's NoteVMETRO Buys Micro Memory Norway-based VMETRO will acquire Micro Memory LLC, a privately held Chatsworth, Calif.-based provider of board-level products for streaming signal and image processing, real-time data acquisition, memory nodes and Enterprise Network Storage. Financial…
CommercialAeroflex Inks Deal in China Aeroflex, Wichita, Kan., is partnering with Ameco Beijing (Aircraft Maintenance and Engineering Corp.) to provide a local service center for Chinese customers, an attempt to capitalize on the rapidly growing avionics market…
CommercialAir China Approved for RNP on A319 Fleet Air China received approval to conduct required navigation performance (RNP) operations with its Airbus A319 fleet. Naverus, which manufactured the system, said last week an Air China A319 departed Lhasa, China, using…
MilitaryBoeing Wins Antenna Contract Boeing received a $20 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide antennas for the E-3 military airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft. The antennas, which are located in the…