Business & GASynthetic Vision for Commercial Airliners: Seeing is Believing At 7:53 p.m., Feb. 14, 2018, Boeing Flight Services Campus in Miami, Florida, strapping into the cockpit of a Boeing 787 full-flight simulator, I along with Boeing Associate Technical Fellow Jim Wilkerson…
MilitaryBoeing to Flight Test Software Update on KC-46A The U.S. Air Force said it learned that two of the plane’s systems in its KC-46A tanker program — the Centerline Drogue System (CDS) and the Remote Vision System (RVS) — are not…
ConnectivityIn-Flight Connectivity: Signing on to Seamless Service “Clients’ requests for connectivity have followed what they are experiencing in their life outside the airplane — better speed, broader band, bigger files, live TV and interconnectivity with their
Business & GAFleet Strategy With Delta Private Jets Business aviation traffic in Europe increased by 6% in 2017, with more than 700,000 departures, arrivals and overflights, including an average of 100 additional daily departures, compared with 2016, according
ConnectivityEmbracing Satcom in an Age of Fast, Seamless Connectivity Over the next few years, more airlines will be looking to upgrade their satcom systems to bring greater operational efficiency while enhancing the passenger experience. Infight-connectivity and entertainment
ATM ModernizationWhat Will Airplane Data Comms Look Like in the Future? Data communications has been introduced domestically in both the U.S. and European Union (EU). Due to differing requirements and operational needs and the availability of different data communications technologies with existing fleets…
ATM ModernizationSingapore to Study Space-Based VHF for ATC At this week’s Singapore Airshow, GomSpace, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) and Singapore Technologies Electronics (ST Electronics) signed a research collaboration agreement to conduct a design study on space-based very high frequency (VHF) communications for air…
ATM ModernizationAutomation and Human Factors in Air Traffic Control Advanced technologies within the FAA’s NextGen program will provide enhanced tools to air traffic control specialists. Increased automation and decision support tools are intended to provide air traffic controllers with more accurate…