Editor's NoteIndustry Players Ready to Step up After Difficult Year Mark Holmes is the editorial director for Avionics Magazine and Via Satellite magazine. We have just returned from the AEEC | AMC conference in Prague, which was a very successful event. The…
Editor's NoteSingle European Sky: Shifting into Deployment Massimo Garbini, managing director for the SESAR Deployment Manager, gives a presentation during the SESAR Deployment Manager Welcome Event. Photo: SESAR Deployment Manager. Since the introduction of the Single European Sky (SES)…
Business & GAEFBs: Finding the Sweet Spot . Electronic Flight Bags (EFBs) have gone from a luxury to a must-have in the cockpit. According to a study conducted by commercial aviation consulting agency AirInsight last year, more than 80…
ATM ModernizationThe Connectivity Play in Future US NextGen Strategy As NextGen moves forward to modernize the current Air Traffic Control (ATC) system in the United States, connectivity is at its core, according to Mel Davis, the national NextGen representative at…
ConnectivityWire & Cable: Supporting Connectivity, New Avionics, And Increased Data Volumes In aerospace, wires and data cables are the lifeblood of modern airframes, supporting applications such as Ethernet, digital video interface, and more. At nearly every second of every flight operation, wire…
CommercialDrones Quietly Expand FAA Jurisdiction from Airspace to Cyberspace Paul Fraidenburgh is an attorney in the Orange County office of Buchalter Nemer and a member of the Aviation & Aerospace Practice Group. He focuses on representing technology companies in regulatory affairs…
Editor's NoteAEEC | AMC 2015 Conference: Where the Industry Unites Similar to the modern standard Integrated Modular Avionics (IMA) cockpit setup, where technology from competing suppliers and manufacturers are featured on the same flight deck, the Airlines Electronic Engineering Committee (AEEC)…
CommercialAirbus COO Outlines ‘Stable Duopoly’ With Boeing [Avionics Today 06-01-2015] John Leahy, chief operating officer - customers (COO) at Airbus, used the French airframe manufacturer's Innovation Days 2015 to provide several program updates and an outlook on the future…
Business & GASierra Nevada’s 328 to Build Regional Aircraft for Turkey Rendering of the new Turkish TRJ328 regional jet. Photo: Sierra Nevada Corporation [Avionics Today 06-01-2015] 328 Support Services GmbH, the type-certificate holder for the Dornier 328 (D328) jet and a subsidiary of…
ATM ModernizationAireon ADS-B Payload Installed on Iridium Satellite, Moves Closer to Global Aircraft Tracking Aireon global space-based ADS-B diagram. Photo: Aireon [Avionics Today 06-01-2015] Iridium Communications has completed the first successful integration of the Aireon payload on an Iridium Next satellite. This is a key technical…