ATM ModernizationAviation Industry Looks to Prevent ATC Closings in October Aviation industry groups are looking to prevent a repeat in 2014 of the impact that the $85 billion in government spending cuts known as sequestration had on airlines, manufacturers and air travelers…
ATM ModernizationSatellite-Based Landing System Begins Operations at Frankfurt Airport Germany's Frankfurt Airport has begun operating a new generation satellite-based landing system, the NORMARC 8100 CAT III Ground Based Augmentation System (GBAS), designed to increase runway capacity under low visibility conditions. …
CommercialThales to Feature RFID Tracking on New IFE Systems Thales will incorporate MAINtag Radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags on all of its new in-flight entertainment (IFE) systems onboard Airbus A350 XWB, A380 and new production Boeing aircraft. The tags, FLYtag nano…
CommercialSystem Design: Fixing the 787’s Batteries Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner is a complex design and massive engineering task that few people can truly appreciate. Not only is it an advanced composite structure aircraft with a loaded take-off weight of…
Editor's NotePeople Rob Higby StandardAero appointed Rob Higby vice president, sales and marketing for its Airlines & Fleets (A&F) business. Higby will lead StandardAero’s A&F sales efforts on CFM56, CF34, PW100, PT6, PW600, AE3007…
ATM ModernizationEditor's Note: Furloughed Avionics Editor in Chief Emily Feliz After a few tense days, and hours and hours of flight delays endured by passengers, air traffic controllers, furloughed by silly sequestration cuts, went back to…
ATM ModernizationIndustry Scan AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT Nav Canada Contract Satellite-based global air traffic surveillance provider Aireon finalized a long-term, commercial data services contract with Canada’s civil air navigation service provider (ANSP) Nav Canada. Aireon is a joint…
ATM ModernizationTouch the Future Digital taxi, touchscreen, augmented reality, voice recognition and wrap-around cockpits are just a few of the new cockpit avionics technologies in which companies are investing their research and development dollars. Much of…
Business & GAThe Right Solution Duncan Aviation upgraded the cockpit of a Bombardier Challenger 601-3A for Aircraft Management Solutions, a Portland, Ore.-based aircraft management company. Upgrades included Honeywell dual NZ-2000 Flight Management system (FMS) and others.Choosing the…
CommercialMilitary Maintenance: Meeting the Challenge Unlike the U.S.airlines, the U.S. military is still flying and supporting aircraft with avionics systems whose technological heyday is long past. These systems — as well as those of more recent vintage…