Business & GAWill Waveguide Become Standard in Future Head-Up Displays? Pilots flying the Embraer Legacy 450 and 500 business jets are among the first to be using an augmented reality-based technology within their head-up displays (HUDs). The technology, waveguide optics, is designed…
CommercialChinese OEM to Implement Teledyne Controls' Real-Time Condition Monitoring Teledyne Controls, the flight data management business, has entered a partnership with the Chinese aircraft manufacturer COMAC to build a real-time monitoring system for latter's ARJ21 aircraft. Key to the solution is the Teledyne’s real-time…
ConnectivityInmarsat Snubs Initial EchoStar Acquisition Bid Inmarsat has rejected an initial acquisition approach from EchoStar, Inmarsat confirmed in a statement issued late last week saying the “highly preliminary” proposal “significantly undervalued” the company. Inmarsat is one of the jewels in…
CommercialFAA Puts $677M Toward Infrastructure at 214 Airports The FAA is awarding $677 million in infrastructure grants to airports around the country, U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao confirmed, as the first part of $3.18 billion in funding…
ATM ModernizationADS-B In Upgrades Will Enable Interval Management for American's A321s ADS-B In upgrades coming to the American Airlines Airbus A321 fleet will enable the pursuit of FAA NextGen goals. Avionics recently caught up with experts from Aviation Communication & Surveillance Systems to discuss ADS-B…
UnmannedGA-ASI Detect and Avoid Tech Enables FAA-Approved Flight A detect-and-avoid (DAA) avionics system developed by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) helped enable an unmanned flight through the National Airspace System (NAS) after taking off from Southern California today. The DAA…
MilitarySenate Wants More Oversight of F-35 Sustainment Costs The U.S. Senate has approved a proposal that would require the Pentagon to regularly brief lawmakers on efforts to contain sustainment costs for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. The measure would require…
Embedded AvionicsHow ACARS Will Evolve, Not Disappear, With Transition to IPS The Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS) will not disappear in 2025 — or 2030 for that matter. Today, ACARS is well known by flight operations engineers as the character-based messaging…
Embedded AvionicsHoneywell, FlightAware Partner for Flight Tracking Honeywell and FlightAware formed a new partnership aimed at providing flight-tracking support to business jet owners and operations control centers. Under the partnership, Honeywell’s GoDirect Flight Services will have access to FlightAware’s…
Business & GAFAA Outlines New Means of Compliance Process The FAA has issued 63 means of compliance (MOCs) for owners of Part 23 aircraft. According to the agency, the new MOCs will enable faster installation of innovative, safety-enhancing technologies into small…