Commercial Vector's Data Logger Passes A350 Test [Avionics Today April 23, 2014] Vector has reported on the successful completion of the first test trial of its GL1020FTE data logger analyzing Controller Area Network (CAN) data bus communications onboard the second…
Embedded Avionics Rockwell Collins Reports on Project Missouri Radio Test [Avionics Today April 23, 2014] Rockwell Collins released a statement about the use of its TacNet Tactical Radio (TTR) in Project Missouri, a series of flight tests at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev.…
Commercial Flyht's AFIRS Achieves 1 Million Flights [Avionics Today April 23, 2014] Canadian avionics manufacturer Flyht’s Automated Flight Information Reporting System (AFIRS) has achieved 1 million flights onboard aircraft. The AFIRS system was first introduced in 2005, and has been…
Editor's Note Regional Scan: Asia-Pacific Gagan Brings Avionics Upgrades to India A computer-generated rendering of an airplane runway approach using Honeywell’s Smartpath system. Photo: Honeywell Operators in India need to upgrade their avionics this year to match…
ATM Modernization Regional Scan: Europe UK Launches Low Altitude Datalink Flight Trials U.K.’s National Air Traffic Services (NATS) is currently using live flight trials between Bristol and Edinburgh to research the use of data communications between Air…
Commercial From Drones to ADS-B: the Future of Avionics Awaits Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), or simply drones, are becoming more of a buzzword worldwide. Be it for its wide range of possible uses, controversies around privacy concerns, or…
ATM Modernization The Modern Bizjet Question: Upgrade, or Replace? Although in the U.S. NextGen is still six years away and European mandates are speculated to be less-than-firm, long-range jet providers like Gulfstream, Dassault and Cessna are equipping their new production aircraft…
Commercial QF16: Unmanned Viper Takes Flight A pilotless F-16 during flight. Photo: Boeing The U.S. Air Force expects the unmanned QF-16 to challenge fighter pilots and air defenders with a Full-Scale Aerial Target (FSAT) representative of a…