CommercialAmerican Airlines to Equip A321XLR, 787-9 Fleet with 4K In-flight Entertainment Displays American Airlines will feature a new line of 4K in-flight entertainment (IFE) seat-back screens developed by Samsung and Thales on a fleet of Airbus A321XLR and Boeing 787-9 aircraft that the Texas-based…
MilitaryThales Acquires Moog’s Navigation Aids Business Thales on Monday closed its acquisition of a Moog business unit that designs, develops and manufactures ground and ship-based radio frequency navigation beacons and related antennas for commercial and military aircraft operators.…
Air TaxiDiehl and Thales to Develop Flight Control Computers for CityAirbus NextGen eVTOL Diehl, the Germany-based aircraft systems supplier and Thales, the Toulouse-based avionics maker, will each supply the flight control computers for the CityAirbus NextGen electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft revealed by…
Business & GAGulfstream to Feature Thales Flight Control Computers on G400 and G800 Thales has confirmed that it will be supplying the latest version of its flight control computers to Gulfstream for their G400 and G800 business jets. Gulfstream revealed the two all-new aircraft types,…
CommercialAirbus is Developing a New Enhanced Flight Vision System Option for A320s Airbus is developing a new enhanced flight vision system (EFVS) for its A320 family of aircraft, that will eventually be adapted to other models, representatives from the aircraft manufacturer’s headquarters in Toulouse…
ConnectivityThales Starts Flight Testing Cloud-Native FlytX Avionics Suite Thales recently began the earliest stages of a flight testing campaign of what the Toulouse-based avionics maker describes as its first "cloud-native" avionics suite, FlytX, using a modified Cabri helicopter. The Cabri's…
CommercialWhat's Trending in Aerospace - May 30, 2021 Check out the May 30 edition of What's Trending in Aerospace, where editors and contributors for Avionics International bring you some of the latest headlines and updates happening across the global aerospace industry.…
ATM ModernizationMeta Sensor Fuses ADS-B and Mode S into New Digital Secondary Surveillance Radar A new generation of digital software-centric secondary surveillance radar system technology, RSM NG, uses a meta-sensor that fully integrates Enhanced Mode S and Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B). The new RSM NG system,…
CommercialQatar Airways to Upgrade Boeing 787-8 In-flight Entertainment Systems Qatar Airways is upgrading the cabin in-flight entertainment (IFE) systems across its fleet of in-service Boeing 787-8s. The upgrade will feature the installation of the Thales AVANT IFE system in the Middle…
CommercialHow Is the Aviation Industry Moving Towards Future Net Zero Emissions Goals? There is little argument in the aviation industry about the need to create more sustainable aircraft, however, how and when to achieve zero emissions is still up for debate. During a Dec.…