Business & GA

What to Expect at the 2017 AEEC/AMC Conference

Three new ARINC avionics standards and eight supplements to existing standards have reached an industry consensus for the 2017 annual Airlines Electronic Engineering Committee (AEEC) and Avionics Maintenance Committee (AMC) general session.…

Connectivity

Big Data Company Guavus to Become Thales Property

Thales is set to acquire U.S.-based Guavus, a company specializing in real-time big data analytics, Thales said. This is one of several acquisitions Thales has pursued in the fields of connectivity, mobility…

Embedded Avionics

3 Things We Learned at Aviation Electronics Europe 2017

With a total of 50 exhibitors, seven panel discussions, four workshops and two certified training courses on DO-178C and DO-254, Europe’s biggest avionics industry event, Aviation Electronics Europe 2017, concluded Wednesday. While it…

Military

F-35 Logistics Upgrade Predicts What-If Scenarios

Lockheed Martin F-35s are set to receive upgraded logistics systems, the manufacturer said. Its Autonomic Logistics Information System (ALIS) has been approved for installation at U.S. Air Force and Navy F-35 sites.…

ATM Modernization

New Flight Test Shows Potential of Space-Based ADS-B

  The FAA and Aireon completed a flight test using space-based automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) technology in the New York and Washington flight information regions. The test collected ADS-B data to be used…

Connectivity

Shenzhen Airlines to Evaluate Inmarsat’s SB-S Platform

China’s Shenzhen Airlines said it anticipates significant growth in passenger demand. To prepare, it is considering Inmarsat’s SwiftBroadband-Safety (SB-S), Inmarsat said. The airline plans to launch an in-flight evaluation of the next-generation…