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Irish Aviation Authority Joins Nordic ATM Service Concept
The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) has joined the ANSPs (air navigation service providers) of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Finland and Estonia in a cooperative undertaking known as the Nordic Air Traffic Management Service Concept (MoC).

Brazil to Use Ubitech's Integrated AIS
Ubitech will supply Brazil's aeronautical authority, DECEA, with its integrated AIS (aeronautical information system) for managing both dynamic and static data.

Airservices Australia to Officially Launch New Landing Systems at Maastricht
Airservices Australia will officially launch an agreement with Honeywell Aerospace to develop and commercialize GBAS and GRAS (ground-based and ground-based regional augmentation systems) for GPS instrument approaches at airports around the world.


 

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Honeywell to Provide Ground-Based Augmentation System at Bremen
Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH (DFS) has selected Honeywell to install its ground-based augmentation system (GBAS) at Germany's Bremen airport to enable precision aircraft landings by enhancing the accuracy of GPS signals.

 

Nav Canada Selects Sensis for Move to Next-Generation Surveillance
Nav Canada has selected Sensis Corporation to supply new surveillance systems, including ADS-B (automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast) over Canada's North, in the Vancouver Harbor area and at Fort St. John, B.C., as part of a program that eventually will include up to 200 ADS-B units.

 

Turkish Airlines to Expand Use of Jeppesen Crew Systems

 

Landmark Installs Honeywell Primus Epic Avionics on Gulfstream III
Landmark Aviation says it has retrofitted a Honeywell Primus Epic integrated avionics system on a Gulfstream III that includes Honeywell's Mark VII class-A TAWS (terrain awareness & warning system) and RAAS (runway awareness & advisory system).

 

Royal Air Maroc Adopts Boeing Maintenance Performance Toolbox
Royal Air Maroc will use the library and authoring modules of Boeing's Web-based maintenance application to help maintain its fleet of 37 Boeing airplanes, including its classic and next-generation 737s, as well as its 757s, 767s and one 747-400.

Lufthansa CityLine Installs Teledyne Controls' Flight-Data Animation Tool
Lufthansa CityLine has completed installing Teledyne Controls' ground-based flight-data animation system, designed to enable the rapid visualization of complex flight scenarios, which can be used for FOQA (flight operations quality assurance), training and incident investigations.

 

Paris Charles De Gaulle to Use Lockheed Martin's Wake Vortex Tracking
Eurocontrol has purchased a Lockheed Martin wake vortex tracking system that will be installed at the Charles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG) near Paris.

Europe's CREDOS to Evaluate Lockheed Martin Wake Detection System
The European Commission's CREDOS (crosswind reduced separations for departure operations) will collect data on the wake vortices of departing aircraft to determine the potential benefits of a detection system developed by Lockheed Martin Coherent Technologies.

 

Radiant's Infrared System Deicing Aircraft at New York's Kennedy
Radiant Energy Corporation say its aircraft deicing system commenced operations at New York's Kennedy Airport in January when a A320 with passengers onboard had snow removed from its surfaces immediately before takeoff.  The JFK facility is managed by Penauille Servisair.

 

 

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Shanghai Airlines Selects Rockwell Collins' Avionics for B-737NGs
Shanghai Airlines has specified Rockwell Collins' avionics for the 13 new B-737NGs it will receive through 2010.

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March 7-8, 2007

 

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Conference content will cover both civil and military disciplines, while over 70 exhibitors will demonstrate their latest products and services over two days in the exhibition.

 

 

Morning Star Aviation Safety, LLC presents
Human Factors in Aviation – Academics and Application
March 6-7, 2007

 

Come to San Antonio, Texas and update your knowledge and experience in aviation human factors so that you may apply academic and industry best practices to your own organization.

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China International Conference and Exhibition on Avionics and Testing equipments (AvioniChina 2006)
April 25-27, 2007

 

Explore state-of-the-art technologies in the avionics and test instruments industry, in one of the world's fastest growing markets.

The 2nd China International Conference & Exhibition on Avionics & Testing Equipment (AvioniChina 2007) will be held in the Shanghai International Convention Center on April 25-27.  The conference is supported in part by the CSAA (Chinese Society of Aeronautics and Astronautics) and CAST (New Technology Center of China Association of Science and Technology).

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