Business & GAJeppesen Expands FliteDeck VFR Coverage [Avionics Today March 11, 2014] Jeppesen is adding new European coverage areas for its Mobile FliteDeck aviation iPad application, according to a new announcement from the Boeing Digital Aviation subsidiary. Software…
Embedded AvionicsL-3 Acquires Data Tactics Corp. [Avionics Today March 11, 2014] L-3 has acquired Data Tactics Corp., in a move to expand its national security solutions business. With the acquisition the company has been renamed L-3 Data…
ATM ModernizationGagan Brings Avionics Upgrades to India Operators in India will need to upgrade their aircraft's avionics systems this year to match the country's overhaul of its Air Traffic Control (ATC) system, a transportation official said during an Associated…
Business & GAInteprod to Design SRS Display Aviation Safety Resources (ASR) has a new agreement with Inteprod to design the cockpit display for its Smart Recovery System (SRS-1), which the two companies will unveil at the Aircraft Electronics Association…
CommercialFAA Appeals Unmanned Systems Decision The FAA is appealing a judge's ruling that the agency does not have regulatory authority of the commercial use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). The agency is appealing Huerta v. Pirker,…
ATM ModernizationExelis Deploys Symphony in Boston Exelis has renewed its contract with the Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) to provide its Symphony suite of integrated applications to Boston Logan International Airport and Laurence G. Hanscom Field Airport. Symphony…
Embedded AvionicsFACE Software Effort Builds Momentum Established in 2010 and backed by the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) and the Army’s Program Executive Office (PEO) Aviation, the Open Group’s Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE) Consortium is an aviation-focused…
ATM ModernizationThe 2020 Fantasy: Can Brazil’s Aerospace Infrastructure Keep Up? Brazil is a country the size of the United States or Europe with a growing middle class and a booming aviation industry; yet growth is leaving infrastructure in the dust, at risk…
Business & GAAntenna Tech Comes of Age In the final days of 2013, efforts to boost broadband connectivity onboard Air Transport (AT) and business aircraft got a big push with the launch of the first Inmarsat Global Xpress (GX)…
ATM ModernizationAir Côte d’Ivoire: Growing Business and New Avionics Can an airline really unify a divided country? It was such a grand claim that marked the creation of Air Côte d’Ivoire, national airline of the Ivory Coast. CEO René Décurey thinks…