Commercial

EASA Pursues In-flight Mobile Calling Policy

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is looking to certify in-flight cell phone calls, the agency said Wednesday along with announcing the approval of the use of personal electronic devices (PED) during…

Commercial

EasyJet Systems to Detect Volcanic Ash

U.K.-based discount carrier EasyJet is looking to equip some of its aircraft with a volcanic ash detection system by the end of next year, the carrier said Wednesday.      [During testing,…

Business & GA

Jeppesen Upgrades EFB for iPad

Jeppesen has upgraded its FliteDeck Pro electronic flight bag (EFB) iPad solution to begin automatically displaying airport taxi diagrams based on user-configured speed settings, the Boeing Digital Aviation subsidiary said Wednesday.   …

Embedded Avionics

Taiwan F-16s to Receive Gigabit Ethernet Switch

The Taiwan Air Force is the first of what could be several nations to receive an upgrade from Lockheed Martin that will add Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) technology to its fleet of F-16…

ATM Modernization

American Receives First ROPS-equipped A319

American Airlines received its first Airbus A319 equipped with the Runway Overrun Prevention System (ROPS), Airbus said Tuesday.    ROPS, an onboard cockpit technology designed to increase situational awareness during landing, recently…

Commercial

U.S. Air Force Increasing Cyber Security

The U.S. Air Force has issued a new task order to General Dynamics Information Technology to provide modernized base-level network security boundary support at all active Air Force and Air National Guard…

ATM Modernization

Airbus Approves Communications Retrofit for A380s

Airbus has formed a new joint agreement with Panasonic Avionics and Lufthansa Technik to retrofit all in-service A380s with broadband connectivity and mobile phone services.    Under the agreement, the first of…

Business & GA

Lufthansa Technik Becomes ALTA Member

Lufthansa Technik has become the newest member of the Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA), the latest step for the Deutsche Lufthansa group subsidiary's goal of expanding its presence in…