ATM ModernizationGerman ANSP to Evaluate Space-based ADS-B [Avionics Magazine 11-16-2016] Germany’s Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP) Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH (DFS) has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with Aireon to evaluate the safety, efficiency and cost benefits of space-based…
MilitaryBoeing to Restructure Defense, Space Groups [Avionics Magazine 11-16-2017] The Boeing Company is set to rearrange its Defense, Space & Security business infrastructure, the company said Tuesday. By the end of 2020, Boeing plans to reduce facilities space…
ATM ModernizationNew Report Outlines Avionics Equipage Issues for NextGen [Avionics Magazine 11-16-2016] The FAA needs a new plan for incentivizing airspace users to equip their aircraft with necessary avionics to support the transformational Air Traffic Management (ATM) infrastructure being deployed under…
ConnectivityViaSat Acquires Arconics for Connected Aircraft Software and More [Avionics 11-15-2016] California-based provider of global broadband services, ViaSat, has announced a new agreement to acquire aviation software solutions provider Arconics. The acquisition comes following recent years where Arconics and ViaSat had…
CommercialSupersonic Avionics to Fly on ‘Baby Boom’ in 2017 [Avionics Magazine 11-15-2016] On Tuesday, pilot, former Amazon executive and current Boom CEO Blake Scholl unveiled the XB-1 Supersonic Demonstrator, a subscale prototype of Boom’s supersonic passenger airliner aircraft dubbed the “Baby…
Business & GALockheed Helicopters, UAS Validate Firefighting and SAR Ops [Avionics Magazine 11-15-2016] Lockheed Martin demonstrated for the first time how its suite of optionally-piloted helicopters and small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (SUAS) can work together to successfully locate and extinguish fires, pinpoint…
CommercialGE Aviation, Teledyne Sign Digital Engine Monitoring Partnership [Avionics Magazine 11-15-2016] Teledyne Controls and GE Aviation have signed a strategic Digital Alliance partnership to transform engine health monitoring by using GE’s Predix platform to apply data and analytics on continuous…
ATM ModernizationNew SESAR2020 Project Aims to Optimize Airspace Operations [Avionics Magazine 11-15-2016] The Single European Sky ATM Research Joint Undertaking’s (SESAR JU) SESAR2020 program is preparing to begin the “Optimized Airspace Users Operations” project. The project aims to improve processes for…
CommercialEtihad Airways Engineering to Establish A380 MRO Center in Abu Dhabi [Avionics Magazine 11-14-2016] Etihad Airways has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Airbus to bring a new A380 Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) service center to Dubai. The MOU establishes a…
Business & GAGenesys Receives STC for HeliSAS on EC120s Genesys Aerosystems has received an FAA supplemental type certificate (STC) for the installation of its HeliSAS and two-axis autopilot on Airbus Helicopters EC120s, the company said. Coming more than eight months after…