Business & GARemanufactured BizJet Nextant G90XT Completes Maiden Flight G90XT aircraft. Photo: Nextant Aerospace [Avionics Today 01-20-2015] Nextant Aerospace’s new G90XT turboprop aircraft has successfully completed its first test flight. The G90XT is a remanufactured King Air C90A that features the…
CommercialAirbus Turns to New Recyclable Composites Airbus engineers displaying thermoplastic carbon-fibre reinforced plastic material. Photo: Airbus [Avionics Today 01-20-2015] Airbus is working to maximize benefit of thermoplastic Carbon-Fibre Reinforced Plastic (CFRP) material in aircraft production. Airbus believes this…
ATM ModernizationNATS Reports CO2 Reduction Saves Millions Flosys, a tool that analyzes the environmental efficiency of flights, trailed by NATS to improve C02 impact. Photo: NATS [Avionics Today 01-20-2015] NATS efforts to reduce the environmental impact of aviation are…
ATM ModernizationNetJets Europe to Lead Augmented Approaches to Land Project [Avionics Today 01-16-2015] NetJets Europe is leading the efforts of a 15-company, eight-country alliance uniting to validate the ability of augmented vision and satellite-based navigation technologies to improve access into a range…
ATM ModernizationUK Airports Drop in Flight Punctuality, CAA Reports [Avionics Today 01-16-2015] Flight punctuality at United Kingdom airports fell in the third quarter of 2014 compared with the same period in 2013, according to the U.K.’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). On-time…
ATM ModernizationMedia and Virginia Tech Team Up to Bring UAS to the Newsroom [Avionics Today 01-16-2015] A coalition of 10 news media companies have partnered with Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) to test small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) to gather news. Virginia…
ATM ModernizationUAS Consultancy Group Looks to Educate Cadets, Alter Perceptions UAViate and members. Photo: UAViate [Avionics Today 01-16-2015] UAViate, a British-owned Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) consultancy group, is lobbying to change public perceptions on UAS with the launch of a new academy…
CommercialAir Europa Orders $3.6 Million in Dreamliners Air Europa Boeing 787-9 aircraft. Photo: Boeing [Avionics Today 01-16-2015] Air Europa has announced an order for 14 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners, valued at $3.6 billion at list prices — the largest ever…
MilitaryATAC Deploys Warfighters to Jacksonville for US Military Training ATAC Aircraft. Photo: ATAC [Avionics Today 01-16-2015] Airborne Tactical Advantage Company (ATAC) has been tasked to deploy to Jacksonville, Fla. with 10 fighter aircraft to support U.S. military training. The fighter aircraft…
Business & GABombardier Suspends Learjet 85 Program Indefinitely [Avionics Today 01-16-2014] Bombardier has announced it will immediately halt work on its Learjet 85 aircraft program due to what they site is a lack of market demand for the midsize business…