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All Weather, Inc. to Provide AWOS for ADS-B Sites
ITT Corporation has selected All Weather, Inc. (AWI) to supply 62 AWOS (automated weather observing systems) that will be co-located with ITT's ADS-B (automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast) ground stations on oil drilling platforms in the Gulf of Mexico and various sites in Alaska.

Era Installing ADS-B and Multilateration Surveillance at Budapest
Hungarocontrol has approved the installation of Era Corporation's surface surveillance system at Budapest's Ferihegy International Airport.

Honeywell Demonstrates Satellite Precision Landing System
Honeywell recently demonstrated its satellite-based precision landing system to senior representatives from airlines and ANSPS (air navigation service providers) at Germany's Bremen Airport.

Airservices Australia Says RNP Trial Reduced Emissions at Brisbane
A new Airservices Australia report says enhanced flight paths, based on RNP (required navigation performance), have reduced aircraft carbon emissions by 650 tonnes during a trial at Brisbane.

Qantas and SAS Will Test AVTECH's System to Improve CDAs
SAS and Qantas have agree to test AVTECH's system to improve CDAs (continuous descent approaches) by providing more accurate wind information to an aircraft's FMS (flight management system).  SAS will use the system at Stockholm's Arlanda, and Qantas at Brisbane.

Iridium Satellite Selects Three Finalists to Develop Its "NEXT" System
Iridium Satellite has asked Lockheed Martin, Space Systems Loral and Thales Alenia, to develop design concepts, review critical engineering trades and evaluate performance and capabilities required for its next-generation satellite communications' system along with the costs required to manufacture and launch it.

Royal Air Maroc to Use Lufthansa Systems' WAN In Africa and Middle East
Royal Air Maroc will use Lufthansa Systems' managed WAN (wide area network) to transfer data between its sites in Africa and the Middle East and its headquarters in Casablanca.

Rwanda's Kigali Introducing SITA Digital-ATIS
Rwanda's Kigali International Airport is installing D-ATIS (digital-automatic terminal information service) that will be in place by year's end.

Alakai and CAPACG to Develop FDM to Support GA FOQA
SATSAir will equip its fleet of Cirrus SR22 air taxis with an all-in-one predictive FDM (flight data monitoring) system from Alakai Technologies and CAPACG that is capable of supporting a FOQA (flight operations quality assurance) program.

Lockheed Martin Deploys Lidar Windshear System at Narita
The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) has deployed a Lockheed Martin Coherent Technologies' lidar (laser imaging detection and ranging) windshear warning system at Tokyo's Narita International Airport.  JMA installed its first Lockheed system at Tokyo's Haneda in 2006.

Sensis Launches Next-Generation Vehicle Locator Unit
Sensis is introducing the next generation of its vehicle locator unit that incorporates an improved WAAS (wide area augmentation system)-enabled GPS receiver and broadcasts its location and identity using a Mode-S (select) ES (extended squitter) ADS-B (automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast) message format.

NATS to Use Barco's Arrival Management System at London Airports
Barco will integrate its arrival management software with the existing air traffic control system at London's Heathrow, Gatwick, Luton, Stansted and City airports, under a contract with NATS, the U.K.'s ANSP (air navigation service provider).

Honeywell to Provide A350XWB's Flight Management and Surveillance Systems
Airbus will use Honeywell's FMS (flight management system) and AEES (aircraft environment surveillance system) on its new long-range, wide-body A350XWB.

Continental, Boeing and GE Aviation to Demonstrate Use of Biofuel
Continental Airlines, Boeing and GE Aviation plan to conduct a biofuels demonstration flight in the first half of 2009 in an effort to identify sustainable fuel solutions for aviation use.

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