Business & GANew Saudi MRO Goes Live With Ramco ERP Suite A newly established Saudi Arabian maintenance, repair and overhaul company has implemented Ramco Systems’ enterprise resource planning (ERP) software suite system for its maintenance and engineering management and supply-chain/logistics planning, as well…
MilitaryNorthrop Grumman Wins More Work on USAF E-11As Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $265 million U.S. Air Force contract to support the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) system, Northrop Grumman said. The company is to provide aircraft maintenance and…
CommercialNorwegian EMS Operator Becomes First Civilian to Receive Airbus Aircraft/Avionics Combo A Norwegian air ambulance operator is the first civil customer to take delivery of an Airbus Helicopters H135 equipped with a Helionix avionics suite, the manufacturer said. Norsk Luftambulanse AS (NOLAS) plans…
CommercialWTO Issues Ruling on Boeing 777X Tax Subsidies The World Trade Organization’s (WTO) appellate body issued a ruling Monday, reversing a November 2016 ruling by a lower WTO panel that said Washington state has provided illegal subsidies through a tax…
Embedded AvionicsSpeculation No More: Rockwell Collins Sold to United Technologies United Technologies Corp. (UTC) has acquired Rockwell Collins for an “implied” total equity value of $23 billion and a total transaction value of $30 billion, including Rockwell Collins’ net debt, Rockwell Collins…
Curated ContentWatch: Verizon Drone Surveillance Footage Shows Hurricane Harvey Aftermath As emergency response efforts in Texas continue after Hurricane Harvey, Verizon is using drones to survey sites and assess damage. The wireless service provider's network teams are staffing a 24x7 wireless command center and…
ConnectivityAre Drones the Next Frontier for Artificial Intelligence? Artificial intelligence and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies have a bright future within the aviation industry. While standard use of that technology seems like it is decades away, it could be closer…
CommercialAircraft Orders, Real-time Data Drive Growth Opportunity in Avionics Market According to a new report published by Frost & Sullivan regarding the worldwide commercial avionics market forecasted to 2030, that total market was worth $12.74 billion in 2016 and is expected to…
Embedded AvionicsSouthwest, DJI, Boeing Among Top 10 Stories of August 2017 Here are the top 10 Avionics articles from our August coverage of the latest industry news: Southwest’s 1st 737 Max 8 Due This Month; Classics Gone by October Southwest Airlines was set…
ATM ModernizationEurocontrol Report Shows Record Air Traffic in 2016 In 2016, Europe saw a record amount of air traffic, Eurocontrol said. Until last year, 2008 held the record. But Eurocontrol’s 2016 Network Manager Annual Report showed that there were 10,190,903 flights…