CommercialGEE CCO Talks Operational Connectivity and Ensuring Upgradability [Avionics Today 10-01-2015] Global Eagle Entertainment (GEE) has made a splash at the Airline Passenger Experience Association Expo (APEX) in Portland, Ore. this year, announcing no less than 10 contract wins for…
Editor's NoteNextGen Mandates Loom Large By the time you read this editorial note, we will have completed a hopefully highly successful Avionics for NextGen event in Washington, D.C. bringing together key decision makers to talk about all…
Editor's NoteCool it! Heat Relief for RF Power Chips Many radar, electronic warfare, communications and avionics systems are thermally limited. These systems cannot remove the heat generated by their components efficiently enough to reach the potential that might be expected from…
Embedded AvionicsPBN: More Than a Navigation Tool Performance-Based Navigation (PBN) is the gift that keeps on giving. Not only is it a key element of the FAA’s Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) modernization initiative, but it is also…
Embedded AvionicsAll Eyes on ADS-B: What Part 25 Operators Need to Know About DO-260B In the Part 25 retrofit market you see a lot of different configurations to start with, therefore there’s no one cookie-cutter approach you can get to put in an ADS-B system.— Mark…
Embedded AvionicsEnd User Perspective: ImagineAir CEO Ben Hamilton Headquartered at Gwinnett County Airport in Lawrenceville, Ga., ImagineAir operates one of the largest air taxi services in the Eastern United States. The company focuses on using its fleet of Cirrus SR22s…
Editor's NoteUpgrading Legacy Cockpits - Experts Weigh In The retrofit market is at the beginning of a very high activity period, as 2015 turns into 2016. If you’re an avionics maker or an installment or repair shop that focuses on…
Editor's NotePlanning, Positioning, Processing: A Look into Real-Time Aircraft Monitoring Systems that enable the ability to monitor the aircraft in real time from the ground are coming to term in ways that can offer operators enormous benefits. With 58 percent of respondents…
Business & GATrueNorth Avionics to Give VIP Jets Communication Capabilities to Light Jets Optelity Hot Spot. Photo: TrueNorth Avionics [Avionics Today 10-01-2015] TrueNorth Avionics today unveiled its aviation certified product to provide light-aircraft owners with communications capabilities previously reserved for long-range VIP jets. The company’s…
ATM ModernizationItalian ATC Partners with SITA OnAir for Air/Ground Connectivity Fiumicino Airport. Photo: Ra Boe / Wikipedia [Avionics Today 10-01-2015] SITA OnAir has entered an agreement with ENAV, Italy’s Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP), to jointly provide air/ground data Very High Frequency…