Business & GA

Airbus, Esterline CMC Avionics Power New H160

[Avionics Today 03-05-2015] Airbus Helicopters’ unveiling of its H160 at Heli Expo 2015 this week launched a new era in rotorcraft technology and performance for the French airframe manufacturer. The announcement also…

Connectivity

Inmarsat Government to Introduce LAISR Service in June

Inmarsat headquarters. Photo: Clive Darra via flickr [Avionics Today 03-05-2015] Inmarsat Government announced that its new L-band Airborne Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (LAISR) service has completed successful customer airborne testing and will…

Commercial

Ryanair Expands Fleet with Additional Boeing 737-800s

Ryanair next generation 737-800. Photo: Wikipedia [Avionics Today 03-05-2015] Boeing and Ryanair have announced an order for three next-generation 737-800s. The previously unidentified order is valued at $280 million at current list…

Business & GA

Gogo and Spafax Team Up to Beef Up Content

Passengers using Gogo. Photo: Gogo [Avionics Today 03-05-2015] Gogo and Spafax are partnering to bolster the management and development of content for the In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) provider’s wireless In-Flight Entertainment (IFE) product,…

Business & GA

NTIA Calls for Comments on UAS Privacy Practices

Quadcopter. Photo: pixabay [Avionics Today 03-05-2015] The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) is seeking comment on a new multistakeholder process aimed at developing privacy best practices for the…

Business & GA

Bristow Helicopters Upgrades Cockpit for UK SAR Operations

Sikorsky S-29 in the UK coastguard fleet. Photo: Rockwell Collins [Avionics Today 03-04-2015] Beginning in April, Bristow Helicopters will be beefing up Search and Rescue (SAR) operations in the United Kingdom alongside…

ATM Modernization

NATS and Lockheed Martin Unite Under Single European Sky

NATS control tower at Heathrow airport. Photo: NATS [Avionics Today 03-04-2015] NATS and Lockheed Martin have entered a strategic partnership to help support NATS’ deployment of the next generation of Air Traffic…

ATM Modernization

India to Institute ADS-B with Aireon

Bahrain International Airport. Photo: Bahrain International Airport [Avionics Today 03-04-2015] Aireon and India’s Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP), the Airports Authority of India (AAI), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to…