Business aircraft passengers are constantly seeking the latest in cabin electronics from smart phone charging stations to in-flight connectivity. (Photo: Innotech Aviation)
Business aircraft passengers are constantly seeking the latest in cabin electronics from smart phone charging stations to in-flight connectivity. (Photo: Innotech Aviation)
Flying

Cabin electronics manufacturers

Jane Campbell
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July 2014
A business aircraft cabin wouldn’t be complete without a full range of electronics, with the most important for many passengers being Wi-Fi capability, to download presentations and documents, access e-mail and conduct Internet research. 
 
But cabin electronics isn’t just about the Web; it’s also about ambient LED lighting, flat-screen televisions, high-definition video and entertainment systems, charging ports for cellphones and tablets, satellite communications and noise-cancelling headsets. 
 
In all of these product areas, it seems, something newer, better or faster is always coming along. Among the products announced at the Aircraft Electronics Association’s annual conference in early March were Honeywell BendixKing’s AeroWave 100 satcom system, which offers 3G-like data speeds in a system designed for light aircraft; and Flight Display Systems’ Smart Cabin CMS, which combines control of cabin-management, entertainment and wireless-connectivity systems and allows passengers to operate them via their own electronic devices.
 
Here’s a list of cabin-electronics manufacturers whose products can help keep your cabin on the cutting edge.—Jane Campbell
 
Aircell
Communications, broadband equipment
Broomfield, Colorado 
(303) 301-3200
 
Aircraft Cabin Systems
Video monitors
Redmond, Washington 
(425) 883-8008
 
AlsterAero
Control panels and units
Hamburg, Germany
+49 40 248 27 120
 
Alto Aviation
Audio entertainment components
Leominster, Massachusetts
(978) 466-5992
 
Arinc 
Communications, connectivity equipment
Annapolis, Maryland
(410) 266-2062
 
Astronics 
Aircraft lighting
East Aurora, New York 
(716) 805-1599
 
AVID
Noise-canceling headphones
Middletown, Rhode Island 
(401) 846-1300
 
Avionics Innovations
Audio entertainment components
Ramona, California 
(760) 788-2602
 
Ball Aerospace & Technologies
Laser communications, airborne antennas
Boulder, Colorado 
(303) 939-6100
 
Blue Sky Network
Communications equipment
La Jolla, California 
(858) 551-3894
 
Bose
Noise-canceling headphones
Framingham, Massachusetts 
(800) 999-2673
 
Custom Control Concepts
Cabin-management, communications and entertainment systems
Kent, Washington 
(206) 575-0933
 
DPI Labs
Cabin-management, entertainment
La Verne, California 
(909) 392-5777
 
Emteq
Cabin-management systems
New Berlin, Wisconsin 
(262) 679-6170
 
Esterline CMC Electronics 
Airborne antennas
Saint Laurent, Canada
(514) 748-3184
 
Flight Display Systems
Entertainment components, cabin-management systems
Alpharetta, Georgia 
(678) 990-6682, 800-213-2954
 
Heads Up Technologies
Entertainment components, cabin-management systems
Carrollton, Texas 
(972) 980-4890
 
Honeywell
Cabin-management, communications and entertainment systems
Phoenix, Arizona
(602) 436-5658
 
Idair
Cabin-management, communications and entertainment systems
Hamburg, Germany
+49 40 5070 64669
 
Inflight Entertainment Products
Monitors, lighting, audio/video systems
Carpentersville, Illinois 
(847) 844-7367
 
Inmarsat
Satellite communications services
London, England
+44 20 7728 1777
 
International Communications Group
Satellite-based global voice and data telecommunications 
Newport News, Virginia
(757) 947-1030
 
Intheairnet (U.S.)
Cabin-entertainment components, cabin-management systems
Irvine, California 
(949) 442-2300
 
Iridium Communications
Satellite communications services
McLean, Virginia 
(703) 287-7400
 
LiveTV
Cabin-entertainment systems, satellite TV
Melbourne, Florida 
(321) 308-3900
 
Lufthansa Technik
Cabin-management, entertainment systems
Hamburg, Germany
+49 40 5070 3212
 
Mid Continent Controls
Cabin-management, entertainment systems
Derby, Kansas 
(316) 789-0088
 
OnAir
Communications services
Seattle, Washington (206) 607-2700
Geneva, Switzerland +44 22 747 6459
 
Panasonic Avionics Corp.
Cabin-entertainment, communications
Lake Forest, California 
(949) 672-2000
 
PGA Avionics
Cabin electronics
Montierchaume, France 
+33 2 5407 9090
 
PS Engineering
Audio control systems
Lenoir City, Tennessee 
(865) 988-9800
 
Rockwell Collins Cabin Systems
Cabin-management, communications and entertainment systems
Tustin, California 
(714) 929-3000
 
Rosen Aviation Displays
Communications, entertainment equipment
Eugene, Oregon 
(888) 668-4955
 
Row44
Communications, broadband connectivity
Westlake Village, California 
(818) 706-3111
 
Satcom 1
Internet, communications and satellite services
Greve, Denmark
+45 4615 4546
 
Satcom Direct
Satellite services
Satellite Beach, Florida 
(321) 777-3000
 
Sennheiser Electronic Corp.
Headphones
Old Lyme, Connecticut 
(860) 434-9190
 
SkyTheater Entertainment Systems
Custom theater entertainment systems
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 
(954) 392-0716
 
Teac America
Video and audio players
Montebello, California 
(323) 726-0303
 
Teledyne Controls
Entertainment systems
El Segundo, California 
(310) 765-3600
 
Thales Inflight Avionics Systems
Communications, broadband equipment
Irvine, California 
(949) 660-7722
 
Thrane & Thrane
Communications, broadband equipment
Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
+45 3955 8800
 
TrueNorth Avionics
Communications equipment
Ottawa, Canada
(613) 224-3301
 
ViaSat
Satellite networking, broadband equipment
Carlsbad, California 
(760) 476-2200
 
 
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