ConnectivityAWN Exec: Next Step is More Testing In February 2017, Avionics profiled the ambitions of Airborne Wireless Network, which has a goal of using airborne aircraft as signal repeaters that are capable of generating wireless internet signals. Throughout 2017, AWN…
CommercialAirbus Reports Record Deliveries for the 15th Time Airbus delivered 718 aircraft to 85 customers in 2017, setting a new mark for the company for the 15th year in a row. Beyond the deliveries, Airbus reported 1,109 total net orders…
CommercialThis Company Is Continuing the Search for Missing Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 A company specializing in collecting high-resolution geophysical seabed data is looking for Malaysian Airlines flight MH370. The Malaysian government accepted the Ocean Infinity’s proposal for the 90-day search. “Whilst there can be…
Embedded AvionicsRockwell Collins Shareholders Cast Vote for UTC Takeover Rockwell Collins shareholders “overwhelmingly” want United Technologies Corporation (UTC) to acquire Rockwell Collins. The company said Thursday that more than 96% of all votes cast — which represents more than 72% of…
Business & GAFormer Embraer Manager Leads XOJET LOSA Program Over a seven-month period in 2017, XOJET performed what it says is private aviation’s first Line Operations Safety Assessment (LOSA), in an effort to increase the standardization of its flight training, regulatory…
MilitaryCascade Aerospace Continues Mexico’s C-130 Rockwell Collins Upgrades One Fuerza Aérea Mexicana (FAM) L-100 (C-130) Hercules is set to get a modernization makeover. Cascade Aerospace Inc. said it is set to give the aircraft a Rockwell Collins avionics suite. This…
MilitaryEndgame to Provide US Navy with Mitre-Validated Cybersecurity The U.S. Navy has tapped Virginia-based Endgame to provide cybersecurity, safeguarding endpoints from global attackers. According to the company, it is to provide the U.S. Fleet Cyber Command/U.S. Tenth Fleet, endpoint protection…
ATM ModernizationAireon Teams for Real-Time Traffic Surveillance in African Corridors Aireon has signed a data services agreement with the Agency for Aerial Navigation Safety in Africa and Madagascar (ASECNA). Together, the pair plans to bring real-time air traffic surveillance to high-trafficked, terrestrial…
Business & GAFAA OKs Pro Line 21 for Hawker Beechcraft 1900D IMP Electronic Systems has received a supplemental type certificate from the FAA. Now the company can fit the Hawker Beechcraft 1900D with Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21 in both the U.S. and…
CommercialBoeing's New Electric Cargo Drone Could Transport 500 Pounds Boeing has a design for a cargo drone. The manufacturer said this new unmanned, electric, vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft prototype is also a test bed for future vehicles. "This flying cargo air vehicle…