CommercialCathay Pacific CEO Talks A350-1000's Longest Route Cathay Pacific has begun flying the longest nonstop route in its global network between Washington D.C. and Hong Kong using the first Airbus A350-1000 that has entered service within its fleet. Clocking…
RegulationFAA: How You Can Fly Drones in Crowded Areas The FAA is wary of providing waivers to its rule preventing drone flight over people — Part 107.39 — because such operations significantly increase the risks of injury. But it’s not impossible…
CommercialWill Commercial Planes Learn to Automatically Avoid the Ground? A test pilot who worked on the F-16 and F-35’s automatic ground-collision avoidance system (AGCAS) predicts the system’s inclusion on commercial jets before too long, but major original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) Boeing…
MilitaryNew Crew Mission Station Being Evaluated for Black Hawks The U.S. Army is evaluating a new crew mission station (CMS) for its fleet of UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters. Developed in collaboration with Core Avionics & Industrial Inc. (Core AVI), the Army…
ConnectivityInmarsat, Panasonic to Develop New GX Aviation Terminal Inmarsat and Panasonic Avionics have agreed on a strategic collaboration, for an initial 10-year period, enabling them to combine services to offer broadband in-flight connectivity (IFC) paired with solutions and services to…
CommercialUTC Expects to Close Rockwell Collins Acquisition by October United Technologies Corporation (UTC) CEO Greg Hayes admits that his company’s $30 billion acquisition of Rockwell Collins is taking longer than expected, but the company should officially finish the acquisition process by…
Embedded AvionicsNorthrop Vanguard Radar Puts Focus on Modular Panels Northrop Grumman has revealed its new modular, user-definable Vanguard radar, built on an open architecture to be scalable based on size, weight and power requirements. The Vanguard is comprised of small radar…
RegulationLAANC Now Available Around Entire US Low altitude authorization and notification capability (LAANC) for drone pilots has gone live at the sixth and final wave of airports, comprising the Central North region of the United States. As of Sept.…
MilitaryMercury Unveils New Board for AI and Machine-Learning Applications Mercury Systems' new computer processing blade has enough processing power and memory storage to support future machine-learning and artificial-intelligence (AI) applications on military avionics. Unveiled at the Air Force Association's 2018 Air, Space…
MilitaryRockwell Collins to Upgrade KC-135R with Link 16, Real-Time Data Rockwell Collins will integrate Link 16 communication capabilities on U.S. Air Force KC-135Rs as part of its real-time information in the cockpit (RTIC) system. “Pilots and boom operators will now be able…