CommercialHawaiian Airlines Looks to Continue Growth [Avionics Today 09-18-2015] Hawaiian Airlines Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Shannon Okinawa outlined the island carrier’s fleet modernization strategy over the next several years during a presentation at the…
Business & GABAE Begins Night Flight Trials for Striker II HMD BAE Systems Striker II HMD. Photo: BAE [Avionics Today 09-18-2015] BAE Systems has begun night trials on the Striker II Helmet-Mounted Display (HMD) fighter pilot helmet to evaluate its digital night vision…
CommercialLockheed Wins UK Ministry of Defense Contract for Desert Hawk 3 Soldier launching Desert Hawk 3 UAS. Photo: Lockheed Martin [Avionics Today 09-18-2015] The United Kingdom Ministry of Defense has awarded Lockheed Martin a contract to support the Desert Hawk 3 program and…
Business & GAAirlines Struggle with Digital Transformation Strategies [Avionics Today 09-17-2015] At Wednesday’s Aviation Festival in London, airlines admitted they were barely halfway through their digital transformation strategies as they look to make their investments in Wi-Fi, both for passengers…
ATM ModernizationHoneywell Acquisition Aims to Enhance Fuel, Emissions Savings Airline worker refueling aircraft; Honeywell’s new acquisition aims to help operators and airlines save fuel. Photo: Honeywell [Avionics Today 09-17-2015] Honeywell has acquired privately held Aviaso, an international aviation software company that…
Business & GATrueNorth Avionics’ FANS-1/A DLU Certified for Clay Lacy on Challenger 601 Bombardier Challenger 601 aircraft. Photo: Liberty Jet [Avionics Today 09-17-2015] Clay Lacy Aviation has obtained a Standard Type Certificate (STC) for TrueNorth Avionics’ Simphone Future Air Navigation System (FANS)-1/A Data Link UnitPlus…
ConnectivityNew Joint Venture Aims to Take on Government Airborne Communications Market [Avionics Today 09-17-2015] A new joint company formed by Eclipse and NSSLGlobal, Aerosatcom, has been launched to address the needs of the government airborne satellite communications market. According to the company, the…
Business & GACobham Aerospace Introduces HF Antenna Alternative Cobham Wide Band HF antenna. Photo: Cobham [Avionics Today 09-17-2015] Cobham Aerospace Communications has developed a Wide Band High Frequency (HF) antenna capable of transmitting data at a rate 10 times higher…
CommercialViasat, Boeing Sign Technical Agreement to Offer Line-Fit Wi-Fi [Avionics Today 09-16-2015] ViaSat and Boeing have entered into a new technical agreement that initiates the evaluation process for airlines to specify installation of the ViaSat in-flight Wi-Fi connectivity system on Boeing…
Business & GAAirbus’ Beluga XL Achieves Design Freeze Beluga XL aircraft. Photo: Airbus [Avionics Today 09-16-2015] The new Beluga program, Beluga XL, has successfully passed the latest maturity gate milestone — marking the end of the concept phase or design…