ATM Modernization

Eurocontrol and UAE Begin Real-Time Flight Data Exchange

On June 6, 2016 real time flight data exchange has been successfully implemented  between the General Civil Aviation Authority of the UAE (GCAA) and Eurocontrol. Photo: Eurocontrol [Avionics Today 06-14-2016] The General…

Business & GA

Cessna Powers On Cessna Citation Longitude

Cessna Citation Longitude. Photo: Textron [Avionics Today 06-13-2016] Textron Aviation subsidiary Cessna Aircraft Company has powered the electrical distribution system on the revolutionary Cessna Citation Longitude super-midsize jet, completing the next major…

Embedded Avionics

Kontron Delivers Hughes New Airborne Satcom Modem

Kontron Cobalt 901. Photo: Kontron [Avionics Today 06-13-2016] Kontron has shipped Hughes Network Systems the first HM200 modem packaged in an enclosure based on Kontron’s Cobalt 901 rugged embedded platform. The Comms-On-The-Move…

Embedded Avionics

Australian Defense Force to Equip PC-21s with UTC TRN

Australian Defense Force PC-21. Photo: Australian Defense Force [Avionics Today 06-13-2016] Switzerland’s Pilatus Aircraft has selected UTC Aerospace Systems' Terrain Referenced Navigation (TRN) system to equip the Australian Defense Force (ADF) PC-21…

Business & GA

TrueNorth Simphone IFC System Selected for G650 Completion

Gulstream G650. Photo: Gulstream [Avionics Today 06-13-2016] An unnamed customer has tapped TrueNorth Avionics Simphone In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) system for a Gulfstream G650. The aircraft, delivering from Gulfstream Completions, will have a…

Commercial

Aeromexico Launches Netflix Trial through New 2Ku Connectivity

Netflix homepage. Photo: Gogo [Avionics Today 06-10-2016] Aeromexico is launching a pilot program to provide complimentary in-flight access to streaming video network Netflix. Netflix members onboard select Aeromexico flights within Mexico, Central…

Business & GA

MAG, Logos Redkite WAMI Sensor Tests Successfully on Cessna 206

[Avionics Today 06-10-2016] MAG Aerospace and Logos Technologies’ ultra-light Redkite Wide-Area Motion Imagery (WAMI) sensor has been successfully tested aboard a Cessna 206 turboprop in Carthage, North Carolina. The airborne test, which…

Commercial

EasyJet Strikes Five-Year Maintenance Contract with Lufthansa

Bahrain International Airport. Photo: Bahrain International Airport [Avionics Today 06-10-2016] Lufthansa Technik Maintenance International (LTMI) and easyJet have signed a contract for extensive collaboration at London Gatwick Airport (LGW). With a fleet…