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…
Business & GAAIM Unveils 'Revolutionary' Avionics Maintenance Tool German avionics manufacturer AIM has introduced a new smart tool set for avionics maintenance engineers handling ARINC429 testing. Photo, courtesy of AIM. The new solution is structured around AIM's ANET429-x…
Business & GAFAA Issues Approvals to Sandel Avionics’ HeliTAWS Sandel Avionics has received FAA approval for its first HeliTAWS Approved Model List (AML) Supplemental Type Certificates for Part 27 and Part 29 helicopters. Photo, courtesy of Sandel Avionics. …
ATM ModernizationGarmin Unveils King Air 200, 350 NextGen Upgrades Garmin has introduced a series of avionics upgrades for G1000-equipped King Air 200 and 300 series aircraft aimed at brining pilots and operators into compliance with future U.S. airspace requirements. …
ATM ModernizationSingapore Taps NATS CEO for ATM Improvement U.K.'s Air Traffic services company NATS' Chief Executive Richard Deakin has joined the governing council of the Air Traffic Management Research Institute (ATMRI) in Singapore. The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore…