ConnectivityUS Air Force Gives IMT Vislink $1.4 M Video Datalink Contract xG Technology subsidiary IMT Vislink was awarded a $1.4 million order to supply airborne video downlink solutions to the U.S Air Force. The contract calls for the supply of transmit-and-receive systems, ground-based…
Business & GAGogo Does Double Duty as Iridium Partner for Certus Service Gogo is partnering up with Iridium Communications on Iridium Certus. Gogo will design and manufacture terminals for Iridium while also providing the new L-band broadband service for business aviation. Gogo first began…
ConnectivityQatar Airways CEO Talks 'Super Wi-Fi' on A350s, 777s Qatar Airways is preparing for the roll out of what it calls “Super Wi-Fi” across a combined fleet of 130 Airbus A350s and Boeing 777 aircraft. When the service goes live, Qatar will…
Business & GAJSSI Acquires Conklin & de Decker Data Company Jet Support Services, Inc. (JSSI) has acquired Conklin & de Decker Associates, a provider of aircraft cost and performance data to the business aviation industry for over three decades. “As the sole…
CommercialMH370 Wreckage Remains a Mystery as Seabed Scouring Wraps Seabed searching company Ocean Infinity’s hunt for the husk of Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 is coming to an end, with the elusive aircraft still at large. Operating the Norwegian Seabed Constructor ship,…
Embedded AvionicsSmart Sensors Expand in Variety, Scope As the aviation industry drives toward predictive maintenance and operational and aftermarket efficiencies, intelligent sensors have expanded in variety and scope. Meanwhile the overall defense and aerospace
MilitaryEMARSS: The Hawker Beechcraft Turned Spy Plane Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft, i.e. platforms, are sorted according to many metrics — intel-gathering sensors, form-factor, size, configuration, endurance (“loiter time”)
CommercialEtihad's International ADS-B Upgrade Strategy At the 2018 AMC/AEEC annual conference, an ADS-B symposium allowed Avionics to gain a first-person perspective on ADS-B mandate compliance upgrades from an Etihad Airways engineer that is on the ground dealing
ConnectivityAre You Ready for August 1, 2018? At publication, there are 20 months remaining until the FAA’s Jan. 1, 2020, ADS-B Out equipage deadline. But there’s another crucial date associated with ADS-B coming up this year. By Aug. 1,…
CommercialAvionics for 2020s eVTOL and Supersonic Aircraft According to AHS International, more than 50 companies around the world are in the process of researching and developing electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. The majority of these concepts