Business & GATextron Sees Sinking Revenues Despite Uptick in Aviation [Avionics Today 10-27-2015] Textron reported revenues in the third quarter of 2015 were $3.2 billion, down 7.3 percent compared to $3.4 billion in the third quarter of 2014. Textron’s Cessna Citation Longitude.…
Business & GAFAA Partners with Indonesia’s DGCA to Advance Aviation Biofuels Garuda Indonesia, flag carrier of Indonesia, aircraft in hanger. Photo: Wikipedia [Avionics Today 10-26-2015] The FAA and Indonesian Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) have signed an agreement to promote the development…
Embedded AvionicsUS Military Awards SNC Next-Phase Contract for Degraded Visual Environment Pilotage System [Avionics Today 10-26-2015] The US military has awarded Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) a task order for the next phase of development for its Degraded Visual Environment Pilotage System (DVEPS). SNC’s DVE Pilotage…
ATM ModernizationUpdate: NATS Reports Radio Frequency Interference Delaying Scotland Flights Prestwick Air Traffic Control Center in Scotland. Photo: NATS [Avionics Today 10-26-2015] The U.K.’s Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP), NATS, has reported a technical issue at the Scottish Air Traffic Control center…
Business & GASun Aviation FBO Wins IS-BAH Certification Sun Aviation FBO in Florida. Photo: Sun Aviation [Avionics Today 10-26-2015] Sun Aviation recently received certification for International Standard for Business Aircraft Handling (IS-BAH), a global code of best practices for the…
CommercialFuel Savings Stimulate Fleet Renewal for Alaska Airlines [Avionics Today 10-26-2015] Alaska Airlines posted record profits again this quarter with $277 million in net income, a 39 percent increase over the third quarter 2014. The record profits follow consistently noteworthy…
CommercialAmerican Airlines Highest Quarterly Profit Bolstered By Dipping Fuel Prices American airlines plane. Photo: Wikipedia [Avionics Today 10-23-2015] American Airlines has announced its third quarter 2015, with the highest quarterly profit in company history standing at $1.9 billion. Total revenue in the…
ATM ModernizationUTRC Ireland to Lead EU’s Clean Sky 2 Program Clean Sky 2 diagram. Photo: Clean Sky EU [Avionics Today 10-23-2015] United Technologies Research Centre Ireland Limited (UTRC Ireland), the European research hub of United Technologies Research Center (UTRC), is lead in…
Business & GAUAV Market to Reach $14.9 Billion by 2020 MQ-9 Reaper UAV. Photo: Wikimedia [Avionics Today 10-23-2015] The Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) market will reach $14.9 billion by the year 2020, according to a new report by Markets and Markets. The…
ATM ModernizationDataComm, ERAM, ADS-B: Huerta Touts NextGen Milestones FAA Administrator Michael Huerta. Photo: FAA [Avionics Today 10-23-2015] FAA Administrator Michael Huerta addressed the Aero Club of Washington, D.C. Oct. 21, to speak on the organization’s forward trajectory in NextGen initiatives…
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