February 2019 - Aviation Tech Today

Military

Portuguese Air Force Brings Flight2 Architecture to C-130 Cockpits

The Portuguese Air Force is upgrading its C-130 Hercules fleet with new cockpit displays, flight management systems and an open systems embedded avionics architecture. Under a new contract issued to Collins…

Commercial

British Airways Buys Boeing 777-9 Haul Worth up to $18.6 Billion

Boeing will sell a minimum of 18 777-9 jets to British Airways in a deal with options that could have a value of $18.6 billion by list prices. The deal is with…

Embedded Avionics

Northrop to Develop Open-Architecture Embedded GPS for USAF

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman a $59 million contract to develop an embedded GPS system for the F-22 Raptor and other aircraft. The embedded GPS/INS-modernization (EGI-M) program will be…

Commercial

Embedded World 2019: CoreAVI Unveils New AMD E9171 Vulkan Platform

Core Avionics & Industrial Inc. (CoreAVI) unveiled its new Automated Micro Devices (AMD) Radeon E9171-based safety certifiable Vulkan-based graphics and compute driver at Embedded World 2019 in Nuremberg, Germany. The new driver…

Military

GA-ASI MQ-9B SkyGuardian Demos Satcom, Laptop-Controlled Mission

General Atomics' MQ-9B SkyGuardian completed a demonstration sortie without the use of an on-site ground control station (GCS) this month, relying on only satcom and the company's expeditionary command-and-control (XC2) portable laptop. One…

Military

'Team Reaper Australia' Takes Shape as GA-ASI Names 10 MQ-9 Partners

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) has named 10 partner companies that will comprise Team Reaper Australia, which will furnish the country's military with either MQ-9A or MQ-9B large UAS. Australia named GA-ASI as…

Commercial

NTSB Investigating Deadly Crash of Amazon Cargo Flight, Atlas Air 3591

Atlas Air Flight 3591 crashed into a bay outside Anahuac, Texas Saturday, killing all three people on board. The National Transportation Safety Administration's "go team" is on site collecting evidence as part…

Commercial

Avionics in China: C919 Development & Future Growth

C hina is projected to overtake the United States as the world’s largest commercial air passenger travel market by the mid-2020s. To meet this rapidly growing demand for air travel, Boeing’s latest…

Connectivity

Addvalue, Avionica to Develop New SwiftBroadband Aircraft Terminals

Singapore-based satellite communications terminal maker Addvalue has a new partnership with Miami-based avionics manufacturer Avionica to start developing a new generation of Swift Broadband aircraft terminals. Under the partnership, Addvalue will provide…

Business & GA

Bombardier, Québec Gov't Invest in Canadian Aerospace Research

Bombardier and the government of Québec have invested in Aéro21 and SA²GE, two Canadian aerospace research projects focused on efficient manufacturing and environmentally friendly flight. “Through this strong alliance between industry, government and…

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Portuguese Air Force Brings Flight2 Architecture to C-130 Cockpits

Military

Portuguese Air Force Brings Flight2 Architecture to C-130 Cockpits

Commercial

British Airways Buys Boeing 777-9 Haul Worth up to $18.6 Billion

Embedded Avionics

Northrop to Develop Open-Architecture Embedded GPS for USAF

Commercial

Embedded World 2019: CoreAVI Unveils New AMD E9171 Vulkan Platform

Military

GA-ASI MQ-9B SkyGuardian Demos Satcom, Laptop-Controlled Mission

Military

'Team Reaper Australia' Takes Shape as GA-ASI Names 10 MQ-9 Partners

Commercial

NTSB Investigating Deadly Crash of Amazon Cargo Flight, Atlas Air 3591

Commercial

Avionics in China: C919 Development & Future Growth

Connectivity

Addvalue, Avionica to Develop New SwiftBroadband Aircraft Terminals

Business & GA

Bombardier, Québec Gov't Invest in Canadian Aerospace Research