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PITTSBURGH, Nov. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- ACUTRONIC USA today announced the formation of a new business unit, ACUTRONIC iTS, focused on providing turnkey inertial testing products and services. The growth of inertial devices in the micro-electro-mechanical-systems (MEMS) market is creating an increasing need for testing of these devices. Responding to this need, the new business unit will provide inertial testing services and turnkey automated test equipment (ATE) for testing of inertial...

PHOENIX, Oct. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Honeywell (NYSE: HON) announced today that its latest Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System (EGPWS) for helicopters has received technical design and production approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080425/LAF040LOGO) "Honeywell's technology ensures that all helicopter pilots can have EGPWS in their cockpits today to help avoid terrain and obstacles such as towers," said TK...

PHOENIX, Sept. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Honeywell (NYSE: HON) today announced that its SmartPath(TM) Precision Landing System, a technology that increases airport capacity for a fraction of the cost of new runways, is the first and only ground based augmentation system (GBAS) to receive the Federal Aviation Administration's System Design Approval. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080425/LAF040LOGO) Honeywell's technology supports precision approach and landings by using...

PHOENIX, Sept. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Honeywell (NYSE: HON) announced today that its SmartRunway(TM) and SmartLanding(TM) products, technologies developed to reduce runway accidents at crowded airports, have received Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Technical Standard Order (TSO) approval, allowing the company to deliver its runway products to customers for aircraft installation. Honeywell has the only runway safety products to be certified by the FAA for production. (Logo:...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Prolific aircraft production in the last few years as well as unprecedented retrofit and aftermarket sales have resulted in record profits for avionics manufacturers. However, both business and general aircraft manufacturers are increasingly trimming their production due to the economic slowdown and high prices of fuel. In fact, air transport aircraft production will decline by four percent by 2010, and business and general aviation aircraft...

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 15, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- National Instruments (Nasdaq: NATI) today announced its offering of PXI interface modules for MIL-STD-1553, ARINC 429 and AFDX military and aerospace avionics applications as a result of the company's collaboration with AIM, a leading provider of avionics instrumentation. By configuring, distributing and servicing PXI systems that feature AIM interfaces, NI now can serve as a single point of purchase for military/aerospace customers...

ITHACA, N.Y., Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Kionix, Inc. has joined the Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) Developer Network to support motion-sensing applications driven by TI's ultra-low power MSP430 microcontroller (MCU) platform. "Customers that have selected the MSP430 MCUs can now easily enhance their applications by incorporating sensor inputs from Kionix accelerometers," said Eric Eisenhut, Kionix's vice president for sales and marketing. "Kionix offers two development tools that provide...

CLEVELAND, Aug. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Aero-Instruments announced today that it has begun customer deliveries of Federal Aviation Administration-approved replacement Pitot Probes for installation on Airbus S.A.S.-manufactured aircraft. After 18 months of testing and evaluation, including stringent anti-icing and de-icing testing, the FAA approved Aero-Instruments' 0851HL-AI Pitot Probe for installation on the more than 4,500 Airbus A318, A319, A320, A321, A330 and A340 series aircraft in...

CLEVELAND, Aug. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Aero-Instruments announced today that, after 18 months of rigorous testing and evaluation, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has approved the company's 0851HL-AI Pitot Probe as a replacement part on Airbus S.A.S. airplanes flown worldwide. The Aero-Instruments' 0851HL-AI Pitot Probe can now be installed on the more than 4,500 Airbus A318, A319, A320, A321, A330 and A340 series airplanes in operation worldwide. Each Airbus commercial aircraft has...

OSHKOSH, Wis., July 29 /PRNewswire/ -- AIRVENTURE -- Jeppesen and Aspen Avionics announced today that the companies will partner to incorporate the new Aspen Avionics Evolution Flight Display system into a full Jeppesen data solution. Aspen Avionics specializes in bringing advanced technology and capability in glass cockpits into general aviation aircraft. Jeppesen is the industry-leading provider of flight deck information. Jeppesen will focus on making database maintenance for the new...