CommercialPODCAST: Allegiant Talks Aircraft Network Security and Predictive Maintenance On this episode of the Connected Aircraft Podcast, we feature a pre-recorded presentation on aircraft network security and predictive maintenance at Las Vegas-based low cost airline Allegiant. The presentation was given by…
CommercialQantas Keeps Project Sunrise in Future Plans Despite Impact of COVID-19 Quantas is unlikely to resume international flying until July 2021, CEO Alan Joyce said during the Australian carrier's Aug. 20 conference call. The company reported a $1.9 billion loss under the impact…
Air TaxiLong Road Ahead for FAA, Airports on Drone Security and Integration Continuing on its path toward greater integration of drones into the national airspace, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will soon proceed with testing and evaluation of drone security systems for safe use…
Editor's NoteThe First 100 Days: How Airlines Responded to the COVID-19 Crisis COVID-19 is one of the biggest challenges the airline industry has ever faced. Airlines have never before seen such a dramatic and sustained decline in air passenger demand. The industry has previously…
Commercial10 New Concepts, Technologies Developed to Address COVID-19 in Aviation Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 global pandemic in March, companies across different segments of the aviation industry have introduced new concepts, initiatives, trials and technologies designed to help the aviation industry…
Air TaxiWhat the First Passenger Air Taxi Services Will Look Like The early days of passenger air taxi service are likely to be more conventional than one would expect from what has been hyped as a transportation revolution. The aircraft will, of course,…
CommercialLeonardo Developing ‘Connectivity Layer’ to Enable Predictive Maintenance for Helicopter Operators Engineers at Leonardo are advancing new digital and connectivity services and techniques designed to introduce the concept of predictive maintenance to in-service civil and military helicopter operators, leadership from within the company’s…
MilitaryUS Navy Tests Next Generation Jammer On EA-18G Growler The Navy completed the first mission systems flight test of the Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band (NGJ-MB) on an EA-18G Growler on Aug. 7, the service said Monday. The flight was conducted by…
ConnectivityIridium Certus Data Transmission First Achieved by Collins Aerospace Collins Aerospace has completed the first data transmission to an orbiting Iridium satellite using Certus, enabled by a new satellite communications system the company is developing. Certus is Iridium’s multi-service communications platform…
Business & GAWhat's Trending in Aerospace - August 16, 2020 Check out the Aug. 16 edition of What's Trending in Aerospace, where editors and contributors for Avionics International bring you some of the latest headlines happening across the global aerospace industry. Commercial…