CommercialLockheed Martin Delivers Final C-5M Super Galaxy to US Air Force Lockheed Martin C-5M Super Galaxy. Photo: Lockheed Martin [Avionics Today 12-15-2015] Lockheed Martin delivered the last modernized C-5M Super Galaxy to the U.S. Air Force on Dec. 9. The aircraft was the…
Business & GAFAA Awards Certification for Gulfstream Smart Cabin Upgrades Gulfstream GIV. Photo: Gulfstream [Avionics Today 12-15-2015] Gulfstream Aerospace has received approval from the FAA to install the Gogo Business Aviation UCS 5000 smart cabin system on Gulfstream GV and GIV aircraft.…
Business & GAEmbraer Delivers Phenom 100E to Chinese Launch Customer Embraer’s Phenom 100E. Photo: Embraer Executive Jets [Avionics Today 12-15-2015] Embraer Executive Jets has delivered the first Phenom 100E in China. Wanfeng Aviation, a subsidiary of Wanfeng Auto Holding Group, a large…
Business & GAMake Way for the Uber Jet Business Model The JetSmarter app. Photo: JetSmarter [Avionics Today 12-14-2015] With connectivity and mobile applications changing the landscape for business and commercial aviation alike, private aviation is seeing the impact in the palms of…
Business & GAEmbraer Receives Legacy 650 Order for Middle East Customer Embraer’s Legacy 650 business jet. Photo: Embraer [Avionics Today 12-11-2015] An undisclosed customer based in the Middle East has planed an order for a new Legacy 650 large jet from Embraer Executive…
Business & GAChile’s Vulcanair Aircraft to Equip with UTC Cloud Cap Tech Vulcanair's P68 Observer 2 aircraft. Photo: Vulcanair [Avionics Today 12-11-2015] UTC Aerospace Systems will deliver Cloud Cap Technology TASE500 imaging systems to Vulcanair Aircraft in support of maritime search and rescue efforts…
ATM ModernizationEx-Im Bank Power Restored for Transactions Under $10 Million Fred Hochberg, chairman and president of Export-Import Bank. Photo: Ex-Im Bank [Avionics Today 12-11-2015] While CEOs across the aerospace industry are welcoming the reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank of America (Ex-Im Bank)…
ATM ModernizationPlay the Avionics News Quiz of December 11 The holidays are fast approaching, but not fast enough if you ask us. In the meantime there’s lots of juicy gossip on the aviation circuit to keep you occupied in the cold…
ATM ModernizationNATS Trial Aims to Cut Holding Times Diagram of the XMAN system. Photo: NATS [Avionics Today 12-11-2015] A project to cut aircraft holding times at Heathrow Airport has been so successful that the trial procedure has now entered permanent…
ATM ModernizationEurocontrol Announces Direct Route Options Across Several FABs [Avionics Today 12-11-2015] Eurocontrol has announced that 47 new plannable Direct Routes (DCT) came into operation in continental Europe, covering the northwest-southeast axis between the United Kingdom and Hungary. In February 2016,…