Commercial

Chinese Carrier Flies on Cooking Oil

A Hainan Airlines Next-Generation 737-800 is fueled with a blend of sustainable aviation biofuel and petroleum jet fuel at Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport‎. Photo: Boeing [Avionics Today 03-23-2015] Waste cooking oil from…

Business & GA

EASA Regulatory Oversight to be Modified

[Avionics Today 3-19-2015] European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) regulatory officials have issued  proposals for a more efficient and flexible way of managing aviation safety oversight in Europe. The agency's proposals are the…

Business & GA

Amazon Receives Experimental UAS Certificate

[Avionics Today 03-20-2015] The FAA has issued an experimental airworthiness certificate to Amazon Logistics for an Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) design that the company will use for research and development as well…

Business & GA

Jeppesen and AvPlan Integrate Flight Plans and Navigation

AvPlan EFB. Photo: AvPlan [Avionics Today 03-20-2015] Jeppesen has teamed with AvPlan EFB, an iPad-based Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) service, to integrate its flight planning capabilities with Jeppesen’s navigation information. Pilots will…

ATM Modernization

NATS Redesigns Sweden’s Navigation Procedures

NATS has redesigned navigation procedures in Sweden. Photo: NATS [Avionics Today 03-20-2015] NATS has delivered Sweden’s first commercial Performance Based Navigation Approach Procedures, with Barometric Vertical Navigation (PBN APV Baro VNAV) under…

Embedded Avionics

Textron Preflight EW System Tester Selected for F-35

Textron Systems’ Model 527 radar signal simulator. Photo: Textron [Avionics Today 03-20-2015] Textron’s Model 527TM Radar Signal Simulator has been selected for preflight testing of F-35 Lightning II Electronic Warfare (EW) systems.…