Avionics

A Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) Localizer Performance with Vertical Guidance (LPV) solution will be available this summer for all Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21-equipped Hawker 800XP aircraft. The upgrade is a cooperative effort between Rockwell Collins and Hawker Beechcraft Corp. (HBC). HBC’s factory-owned aircraft service centers are now taking pre-orders and pre-scheduling aircraft for […]

Germany-based Becker Avionics plans to establish manufacturing capabilities for its Digital Audio and Intercom System DVCS 6100 at its North American Subsidiary, Becker Avionics, Inc. in Miramar, Florida. The DVCS 6100 has been designed for both rotary and fixed-wing applications. More than 300 systems have been placed into service. For more information: BeckerUSA.com or Becker-Avionics.com.

Duncan Aviation’s Glass Box Program recently added to its lineup with the certification of Honeywell’s latest Advanced File Graphics Server (AFGS) upgrade for the Hawker 800 and the Hawker 1000. The AFGS is a computing platform bringing advanced graphics generation capabilities, such as electronic charts and uplinked weather, together with mass data storage to allow […]

Duncan Aviation recently delivered the first Falcon 900 with Aircell Axxess and ATG 4000 High Speed Internet System. Duncan Aviation will soon deliver the first Falcon 50 with the same system. The Axxess system, coupled with the ATG 4000, provide worldwide Iridium voice telephone service and broadband data in the continental United States. To read […]

One Sky Aviation and Forward Vision recently received an STC to install Forward Vision’s EVS-100 (powered by Max-Viz) Enhanced Vision System as an “All Models List” for the entire Cessna single engine piston product line, including the 100 series, 206, and 207 models. Patrick Farrell, president of Forward Vision, notes the STC includes all 158 […]

Kings Avionics, a 40-year-old avionics facility based at Salt Lake City International Airport, has developed the procedures and engineering to make it possible to install S-TEC autopilots into an R/STOL-equipped aircraft, now marketed through Sierra Industries Ltd. Previously an S-TEC autopilot installation in an aircraft with an R/STOL or other speed modification would often void […]

Eagle Creek Aviation Services, Inc. of Indianapolis has completed and delivered its first customer retrofit of Avidyne’s new Entegra Release 9 Integrated Flight Deck (IFD) system in a Cirrus SR22 aircraft. “We are really excited to be working with Avidyne on the Entegra Release 9 retrofit program,” said Matt Hagans, Eagle Creek’s CEO. “Release 9 […]

Fokker Services and FreeFlight Systems have formed a partnership to provide a low-cost means to modernize the airborne navigation system without replacing existing equipment or making extensive changes to the aircraft. This dual system with certification is about one-third of the cost of a new Flight Management System (FMS), and requires about 100 man-hours to […]