Avionics

New developments and products in avionics, specifically about aircraft electronics in the cockpit.

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Heli-Dyne Weather Observation

Heli-Dyne Systems has sold a new Bell 206BIII JetRanger to Duke University for use as an environmental observation platform. Dr.

Safety

October 5, 2006

News Note: Diamond Aircraft in late June selected the Garmin G1000 integrated avionics system for its D-Jet

Diamond Aircraft in late June selected the Garmin G1000 integrated avionics system for its D-Jet, a very light jet powered by a single Williams FJ33-4 engi

Avionics

October 4, 2006

GAMA prepares for FAA budget strife

Pete Bunce’s love of aviation comes through five-by-five. “I am just ecstatic to be here,” he said during a recent interview in his office a

Avionics

October 4, 2006

2005 AIN Product Support Report

For the third consecutive year in AIN’s Product Support Survey, readers gave Gulfstream top marks for both its newer business jets (less than 10 yea

Engines

October 4, 2006

Avionics at Oshkosh

The amateur-built market has been a crucible for avionics development for decades.

Avionics

October 2, 2006

Owner-pilots get glassy-eyed

Very light jets (VLJs) may well represent the tsunami on the horizon for the owner-flown turbine market.

Aircraft

October 2, 2006

Rockwell Collins Receives ADS-BApproval for TDR-94/94D Transponders

Rockwell Collins has obtained what is said to be the first FAA TSO approval for ADS-B (automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast) functionality for use wi

Avionics

October 2, 2006

Cirrus Adds EGPWS to SR 20/22 Standard Equipment Lists

Indicative of just how prevalent terrain-awareness avionics have become in the nearly 10 years since Honeywell (then AlliedSignal) introduced the enhanced

Avionics

October 2, 2006

News Note: Sandel Avionics has added WSI’s InFlight weather service and TCAS I traffic display capability to its SN3500 electronic HSI

The optional interfaces let pilots overlay nav waypoint data with precipitation, lightning and traffic information.

Avionics

October 2, 2006

News Note: Arinc and its partner Aeronautical Radio of Thailand last month announced the launch of VHF datalink communications service at three major airports in Australia

The companies have deployed new VHF air-ground stations to cover the airspace at Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne airports.

Avionics

October 2, 2006

Airlines renew interest in VDL avionics

The number of aircraft flying in Europe with controller-pilot datalink communications (CPDLC) equipment has about doubled in the past few months from 152 a

Avionics

October 2, 2006

From weather to terrain to tunes, Garmin’s GPSmap 396 does it all

It’s not a bad idea to keep a portable GPS receiver in the flight bag just in case, but now Garmin has come out with an aviation handheld that even seasone

Avionics

October 2, 2006

IS&S betting on glass-cockpit technology

The pressure is on for Exton, Pa.-based Innovative Solutions & Support (IS&S), but you would never know it from talking with company marketing executives.<

Avionics

October 2, 2006

Piper’s Meridian gets a makeover, Avidyne style

While buyers will undoubtedly welcome the switch in the Piper Meridian from previous Meggitt Magic avionics to the more capable Avidyne Entegra system, an

Avionics

October 2, 2006

IS&S develops cockpit retrofit kits for popular business jets

Avionics maker Innovative Solutions & Support (IS&S) is diving headlong into the cockpit retrofit market with a turnkey installation kit for business airpl

Avionics

September 27, 2006

ACSS targets bizjet market with software

Aviation Communication & Surveillance Systems (ACSS), the Phoenix avionics maker owned jointly by L-3 Communications and Thales, has been holding discussio

Avionics

September 27, 2006