The commercial airline industry’s first uploading of information from an electronic flight bag (EFB) to an aircraft’s flight management system (FMS) was demonstrated at the 18th EFB Users Forum conference held in…
In a bid to deliver more performance from individual computer processing units (CPUs), the computer hardware industry is moving away from single-core to multi-core processors, creating serious challenges for all parts of…
Delta topped 2019’s Airline Quality Rankings for the first time in nearly two decades. It has a Net Promoter Score hovering around 50 — considered the benchmark for “excellent” on the -100…
At the end of June, I attended SAE International’s EFB Users Forum for the first time, and I must say that I gained a deeper understanding of what it actually takes to…
The annual Global Connected Aircraft Summit took place in June and we're highlighting a few outstanding presentations from the summit on the podcast. One of the topics that always generates a tremendous…
While the United Kingdom is poised for the launch of urban air mobility (UAM) there in the next several years, the U.K. also plans to invest in a follow-on generation of electric…
Two companies, UK-based Altitude Angel and Google’s Wing Aviation, recently announced unmanned traffic management solutions that aim to help drone operators safely conduct automated flights beyond visual line of site — a…
Leonardo’s TH-119 is now cleared by the FAA to fly in inclement weather under instrument flight rules, the first single-engine helicopter in decades to earn that certification. “The TH-119 is the only…