Business & GAUSAA to Test UAS to Speed Insurance Claims The Precision Hawk Lancaster UAS for which USAA has received Section 333 approval. Photo: Bob Lewis/USAA [Avionics Today 04-07-2015] The FAA has approved U.S.-based insurance company USAA’s request to test how Unmanned…
Business & GAErikson Picks Up Renewed US and Canadian Contracts Erickson fire fighting helicopter in action. Photo: Erickson [Avionics Today 04-07-2015] Erickson has renewed key contracts with the U.S. Forest Service as well as with Canadian aerial heavy lift company Helifor Canada,…
CommercialEASA Proposes New PBN Regulation [Avionics Today 04-06-2015] European aviation safety officials have proposed changes to existing regulations surrounding Performance-Based Navigation (PBN) safety rules. The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is offering modifications to existing regulations that…
CommercialStar Air Upgrades Fleet with Rockwell Collins Large-Format Flight Displays [Avionics Today 04-06-2015] Denmark-based Star Air has chosen to equip its fleet of 11 Boeing 767-200BDSF cargo planes with Rockwell Collins' large-format flight displays. The displays are inspired by the same display…
Business & GASecond Aircraft Joins Falcon 8X Test Fleet Dassault Aviation’s second Falcon 8X flight test aircraft in flight. Photo: Dassault [Avionics Today 04-06-2015] A second flight test aircraft has joined the Falcon 8X campaign as the ultra long-range business jet…
Business & GAAviall to Distribute Sensor Systems Aircraft Antennas Aviall. Photo: Boeing [Avionics Today 04-06-2015] Aviall, a subsidiary of Boeing, is now a global distributor of Sensor Systems aircraft antennas, under a new agreement with the manufacturer of airborne communications and…
Business & GAEmbraer Delivers 100th Phenom Jet to NetJets [Avionics Today 04-06-2015] Embraer has delivered its 100th Phenom family jet to private aviation company, NetJets. The Phenom 300 light business jet. Photo: Embraer The two companies signed an original purchase agreement…
Business & GAUTC Shakes Up Leadership at Sikorsky Robert Leduc, recently appointed president of Sikorsky Aircraft. Photo: UTC [Avionics Today 04-03-2015] United Technologies Corp. (UTC) has appointed Robert Leduc as president of Sikorsky Aircraft. Leduc will succeed Mick Maurer, who…
ATM ModernizationHeathrow TBS Launches an Option for Airports Everywhere to Lessen Delays Aircraft and wind vortex. NATS [Avionics Today 04-02-2015] The introduction of Time-Based Separation (TBS) at Heathrow Airport is paving the way for decreased delays. Traditionally, Air Traffic Controllers (ATCs) separate flights on…
CommercialFDR Reveals Germanwings Flight 9525 Co-Pilot Set Autopilot to Crash Flight data recorder recovered from the crash site to Germanwings flight 9525. Photo: BEA [Avionics Today 04-03-2015] BEA, the French agency investigating the fatal crash of Germanwings flight 9525, reported that information…
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