Business & GAL2, Heads UP Tout STC for Cessna Citation Wireless Digital Media Server [Avionics Today 03-31-2016] The FAA has awarded L2 Aviation (L2) and Heads Up Technologies a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for the installation of Heads Up's Lumin wireless Digital Media Server (DMS) on…
Business & GASmartSky Networks Looks to Conquer Business, Commercial Market [Avionics Today 03-31-2016] In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) provider newcomer SmartSky Networks, a company that claims its Air-to-Ground (ATG) network is able to deliver more than 10 times competitor’s speeds, is taking the business…
Business & GABrazil’s FT Sistemas Equips Unmanned Helicopter with Rockwell Collins Micro INS FT-200FH unmanned Category 2 helicopter. Photo: Rockwell Collins [Avionics Today 03-31-2016] FT Sistemas has selected Rockwell Collins to provide its Micro Inertial Navigation Sensor (INS) for the new FT-200FH unmanned Category 2…
Business & GASITA Names New CEO Barbara Dalibard, SITA CEO effective July 1, 2016. Photo: SITA [Avionics Today 03-31-2016] SITA’s board of directors has appointed Barbara Dalibard as the new CEO, effective July 1. Dalibard will replace current…
Business & GAGarmin Releases Electronic Flight Instrument for Experimental Aircraft Garmin’s G5 EFIS for experimental aircraft. Photo: Garmin [Avionics Today 03-31-2016] Garmin has released an Electronic Flight Instrument System (EFIS) for Experimental Amateur-Built (EAB) and Light Sport Aircraft (LSA), the G5. According…
CommercialFAA Raises Blanket UAS COA Small UAS. Photo: Auburn School [Avionics Today 03-30-2016] The FAA has raised the Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) “blanket” altitude authorization for Section 333 exemption holders and government aircraft operators to 400 feet.…
CommercialAzul Contracts for Rockwell Collins Avionics on 58 A320neos Azul aircraft. Photo: Mariordo (Mario Roberto Durán Ortiz) [Avionics Today 03-30-2016] Azul Brazilian Airlines has selected a host of Rockwell Collins avionics solutions for 58 Airbus A320neo aircraft. Deliveries will begin in…
CommercialFlyht Signs 6 New Airlines for AFIRS and UpTime Products Major General Mark V. Rosenker, member of Flyht’s board of directors. Photo: Flyht [Avionics Today 03-30-2016] Flyht has signed contracts over the past six months to install the Automated Flight Information Reporting…
Business & GADassault’s Falcon 8X Nearing Certification Dassault Falcon 8X. Photo: Dassault [Avionics Today 03-30-2016] Dassault Aviation's Falcon 8X is entering the final stages of its flight test and certification program as work proceeds to prepare the ultra-long range…
CommercialStatistics Show Airline Hijackings Have Plummeted While March 29's hijacking of an EgyptAir A320 enroute from Alexandria to Cairo has all eyes back on aircraft hostage situations, this chart by the Aviation Safety Network and Statsita demonstrates just…