ATM ModernizationEmerging Markets Mean Huge Opportunity As I write this editor’s note, the Singapore Airshow is in full swing and Boeing has predicted yet another gargantuan developing market for Asia, estimating a need for 12,820 new airplanes in…
ATM ModernizationRegional Scan: Europe Sagem to Develop Sperwer Drones for French Army Sperwer tactical drone system. Courtesy of Sagem Sagem has been awarded a contract to develop five additional Sperwer tactical drones to be deployed by…
ATM ModernizationRegional Scan: Latin America Airbus A350 XWB Completes High Altitude Testing in Bolivia The A350 XWB development aircraft, MSN3, is in Bolivia where it will perform a series of tests at the high altitude airfields of…
ATM ModernizationRegional Scan: Middle East & Africa Gulf Air Promotes Middle East Hub at Bahrain Airshow Gulf Air Airbus A330-300. Courtesy of Airbus. Bahrain national carrier Gulf Air signed a number of fleet maintenance and improvement agreements, totaling $150…
Business & GARegional Scan: North America Raytheon Names Kennedy New CEO Thomas Kennedy. Courtesy of Raytheon Raytheon has named Thomas Kennedy as its new CEO, to follow William Swanson who steps down from the post March 31, 2014.…
ATM ModernizationRegional Scan: Asia-Pacific New Zealand Air Force Selects Beechcraft T-6C Trainers Beechcraft T-6 Trainer. Courtesy of Beechcraft. The Royal New Zealand Air Force has issued a new contract to Beechcraft to provide its T-6C Texan…
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…