ATM ModernizationSenate Proposes FAA Reauthorization With Key NextGen Requirements [Avionics Today 03-10-2016] On Wednesday, March 9, commerce leaders on the Senate transportation committee introduced the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2016, which would reauthorize the FAA and related programs through the end…
MilitaryBoeing, Paramount Expand Partnership to AHRLAC Aircraft [Avionics Today 03-09-2016] Boeing and the Paramount Group, the South Africa-based global defense and aerospace business, have expanded their 2014 agreement to cooperate on an advanced mission system for a variant of…
ConnectivityNew Government Airborne Applications Drive Need for Unique Satellite Capabilities [Avionics Today 03-09-2016] Over the next decade, government and military end users in the United States and around the world are going to continue to unlock and establish innovative new uses of…
Business & GAFAA Proposes New Part 23 Airworthiness Rule [Avionics Today 03-09-2016] The FAA has proposed a new rule to overhaul its existing airworthiness standards for small General Aviation (GA) aircraft. Under the newly proposed rule, the current certification standards for…
Business & GABombardier Challenger 650 Earns EASA Type Certification [Avionics Today 03-09-2016] THe European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has issued full type certification for the Bombardier Challenger 650. Bombardier Challenger 650. Photo: Bombardier. “Our Challenger 650 aircraft successfully…
ATM ModernizationL-3 Expands NGT-9000 ADS-B Capabilities [Avionics Today 03-08-2016] After unveiling a Part 27 rotorcraft Approved Model List (AML) Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for its Lynx NGT-9000 Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) Out product line last week at…
ATM ModernizationSESAR Deployment Manager, Eurocae Sign Cooperation Agreement [Avionics Today 03-08-2016] The Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) Deployment Manager (SDM) and the European Organization for Civil Aviation Equipment (EUROCAE) have signed a new memorandum of cooperation (MoC). Under the…
CommercialUnited Airlines to Accelerate Retirement of Boeing 747s [Avionics Today 03-08-2016] United Airlines has announced an order to purchase 25 new Boeing 737-700 aircraft, an add on to the previously announced order for 40 total 737-700s. Deliveries are scheduled to…