Content Archive: October 2006

Regulations and Government

En route and terminal RNP coming for U.S.

The FAA has implemented performance- based navigation in the form of standard instrument departures (SIDs), en route Q and T routes, standard arrival route
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Manufacturers promote equipment interoperability

One of the recurrent themes at the Toulouse workshop was the inability of ATC services to provide operators opportunities to use the navigation performance
Avionics

FAA Approves Chelton Installations in Some Part 23 Airplanes

Chelton Flight Systems of Boise, Idaho, has received FAA certification for installations of its FlightLogic EFIS avionics in a number of Part 23 airplanes,
Avionics

Thales To Provide Avionics for Sikorsky S-76D

Sikorsky’s new S-76D twin-turbine helicopter, scheduled to enter service in 2008, will be equipped with Thales’ TopDeck integrated modular avionics, accord
Avionics

NASA partners show EVS, SVS concepts

Throw BAE Systems and Nav3D into the mix of companies indicating strong interest in sensor and software technology for emerging cockpit advanced-vision sys
Avionics

Newcomer Starling set to unveil unusual Ku antenna

Starling Advanced Communications, a relatively new name among satcom antenna manufacturers, has officially kicked off a development program for a line of K
Training and Workforce

King Schools Introducing Garmin G1000 Online Training Course

John and Martha King this month plan to take the wraps off a new online training course developed for pilots transitioning from traditional instruments to
Aircraft

Business Jet Technologies Gains FAA OK for GII/IIB RVSM Package

Business Jet Technologies last month announced FAA certification for the company’s reduced vertical separation minimums (RVSM) compliance package for the G
ATC

FAA Approves Rannoch asFlight-tracking Data Provider

The FAA has approved Rannoch as a class-1 provider of ASDI (aircraft situational display to industry) data, adding the company to the list of services that
Regulations and Government

FAA To Host New Technologies Workshop

The FAA’s Flight Technologies and Procedures Division will host its second annual New Technologies Implementation Workshop from November 29 to December 1 a