Business & GAPerspectives: Security and the Separation Kernel Historically, avionics systems have largely been designed to fit a single application need, such as an attitude indicator or central warning system. The software-intense designs of today’s avionics systems are quite a…
CommercialeX2 Flies Aboard A380 Panasonic Avionics Corp., Lake Forest, Calif., said it finished a successful week of in-flight operability testing for its eX2 in-flight entertainment (IFE) system aboard the Airbus A380 aircraft. In a series of…
MilitaryCMC to Equip EFB on Austrian’s C-130s CMC Electronics has been selected by the Austrian Air Force to equip the flight decks of three C-130 aircraft with its PilotView Electronic Flight Bag (EFB). Financial terms of the deal were…
CommercialEmpire Aero Center to Install Virgin America’s IFE Virgin America, a new San Francisco-based start-up airline, selected Empire Aero Center of Rome, N.Y., to install Panasonic Avionics' in-flight entertainment systems on the airline's Airbus A320 family aircraft. Virgin America has…
CommercialAstro-Med Wins Printer Contract Astro-Med, West Warwick, R.I., received a multi-year, $6 million to furnish cockpit printers for an unnamed aircraft manufacturer. The company said the contractor and the aircraft manufacturer have requested anonymity until later…
CommercialTACA to Use Sagem for FOQA Tasks Sagem Avionics, Grand Prairie, Texas, said El Salvador-based airline TACA Airlines will use its Analysis Ground Station (AGS) to enhance its flight operations quality assurance (FOQA) program and start a maintenance operation…
CommercialKorean Air Extends ARINC Pact Seoul-based Korean Air extended a flight operational communications contract for three years with Annapolis, Md.-based ARINC, the companies said. Financial terms were not disclosed. Korean Air uses several ARINC data link and…
Business & GABoeing to Test Fuel Cell Airplane Boeing plans to conduct a series to experimental test flights in Europe this year of a manned airplane powered by a fuel cell and lightweight batteries, the company said Wednesday. The goal…