MilitaryBoeing to Restructure Defense, Space Groups [Avionics Magazine 11-16-2017] The Boeing Company is set to rearrange its Defense, Space & Security business infrastructure, the company said Tuesday. By the end of 2020, Boeing plans to reduce facilities space…
ATM ModernizationNew Report Outlines Avionics Equipage Issues for NextGen [Avionics Magazine 11-16-2016] The FAA needs a new plan for incentivizing airspace users to equip their aircraft with necessary avionics to support the transformational Air Traffic Management (ATM) infrastructure being deployed under…
Business & GAAirbus Helicopters’ Helionix Receives EASA Certification for H135 The Airbus Helicopters H135 joins the Airbus H175 and H145 T2 as a Helionix-capable aircraft, the company said. With the EASA Helionix type certificate, the H135 now has the option for increased…
Business & GAGarmin Receives FAA Approval for GTX ADS-B Helicopter Installs [Avionics Magazine 11-16-2016] Garmin International has received Supplemental Type Certification from the FAA for the installation of the GTX 345 ADS-B In/Out and GTX 335 Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast Out (ADS-B Out)…
ConnectivityViaSat Acquires Arconics for Connected Aircraft Software and More [Avionics 11-15-2016] California-based provider of global broadband services, ViaSat, has announced a new agreement to acquire aviation software solutions provider Arconics. The acquisition comes following recent years where Arconics and ViaSat had…
CommercialSupersonic Avionics to Fly on ‘Baby Boom’ in 2017 [Avionics Magazine 11-15-2016] On Tuesday, pilot, former Amazon executive and current Boom CEO Blake Scholl unveiled the XB-1 Supersonic Demonstrator, a subscale prototype of Boom’s supersonic passenger airliner aircraft dubbed the “Baby…
Business & GALockheed Helicopters, UAS Validate Firefighting and SAR Ops [Avionics Magazine 11-15-2016] Lockheed Martin demonstrated for the first time how its suite of optionally-piloted helicopters and small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (SUAS) can work together to successfully locate and extinguish fires, pinpoint…
CommercialGE Aviation, Teledyne Sign Digital Engine Monitoring Partnership [Avionics Magazine 11-15-2016] Teledyne Controls and GE Aviation have signed a strategic Digital Alliance partnership to transform engine health monitoring by using GE’s Predix platform to apply data and analytics on continuous…