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Solution presented at today's GNSS Conference 2011 requires government backing to stimulate successful commercial application and counter GPS vulnerabilities say expertsThe GNSS Interference, Detection and Monitoring Conference 2011 follows Tuesday's Royal Academy of Engineering report that set out the risks of GPS disruption from solar storms or illegal jamming and assessed what can be done to reduce impacts on society.Solutions put forward included eLORAN (Enhanced Long Range Navigation), a...

HOPKINTON, Mass., Feb. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Alakai Technologies (http://www.alakai1.com) announced today that the Federal Aviation Administration issued a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for installation of Alakai's digital Flight Data Monitoring (FDM) systems and wireless Internet units on Eurocopter AS350 and EC130 helicopters. The AS350 and its derivatives, with over 4,000 helicopters sold, are used by police, forest service, oil exploration, flight-seeing and emergency medical...

MicroStrain launches one of the smallest, lightest, lowest power miniature AHRS with GPS available on the market. Williston, VT (PRWEB) January 28, 2011 MicroStrain releases the 3DM-GX3®-35, a miniature, lightweight sensor (23 grams) featuring a high quality attitude heading reference system (AHRS) and an onboard global positioning system (GPS) receiver. The AHRS and the GPS can independently provide time correlated measurements ideally suited for applications where users are...

VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Mich., Dec. 22, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Visteon Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: VSTO) has enhanced its capabilities in developing multi-function displays (MFD) for vehicles by incorporating a newly developed microprocessor in its next-generation MFD platform architecture. Located on the vehicle's instrument panel, multi-function displays provide a range of information to drivers, either as stand-alone displays or in combination with radios, navigation devices and external...

PHOENIX, Nov. 16, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Vietnam Airlines has awarded a $100 million avionics and auxiliary power unit (APU) contract to Honeywell (NYSE: HON) for its fleet of 36 new and 22 existing Airbus A321 aircraft. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080425/LAF040LOGO) (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080425/LAF040LOGO) Honeywell also will work with the airline to help establish an in-house APU repair and overhaul capability. Honeywell's avionics for...

OLATHE, Kan., Oct. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Butler National Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: BUKS), a leading manufacturer and provider of support systems for "Classic" commercial and military aircraft and a recognized provider of professional management services in the gaming industry, announces strategies for growth and cross-selling following the recent acquisition of Kings Avionics. Annual sales for Kings Avionics were reported at $2.1 million with a backlog of approximately $1.0...

FAIRVIEW, Pa., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Spectrum Control, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPEC), a leading designer and manufacturer of custom electronic products and systems, announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire all of the outstanding common stock of Summit Instruments, Inc. ("Summit"). Based in Akron, Ohio, Summit designs and manufactures custom accelerometers, gyros, inertial measurement systems, and related products and assemblies. The transaction is expected to...

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Oct. 27, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Goodrich Corporation (NYSE: GR) will continue to supply its gun hard inertial measurement unit for the Raytheon Excalibur precision-guided artillery round. The U.S. Army recently announced the selection of Raytheon for phase 1b of the Excalibur program. The inertial measurement unit (IMU) provides accurate guidance data for the artillery round throughout flight and is supplied by Plymouth, UK-based Atlantic Inertial Systems (AIS), which became...

ATLANTA, Oct. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- NBAA -- Honeywell (NYSE: HON), booth 6600, the first avionics company to bring a certified synthetic vision system to business aircraft, is now flying Enhanced Vision Systems infrared technology integrated with synthetic vision on a test aircraft to develop the future version of the SmartView(TM) synthetic vision. It is expected the blended synthetic vision and infrared technologies will provide pilots with even greater situational awareness at night or in...

MIAMI, Oct. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Avionica is pleased to announce FAA STC certification of its 3G Wireless miniQAR Module. The 3G Wireless Module is applicable to all miniQAR Mk III Quick Access Recorders, which are certified for installation on nearly 150 aircraft types. This expansive certification makes the miniQAR the most widely applicable wireless QAR available. "The 3G Wireless Module is the most anticipated miniQAR development to date," stated President Raul Segredo. "The module...