ATM ModernizationHexagon's Luciad Portfolio Can Illuminate Flight Data While global flight traffic has dropped significantly due to the COVID-19 pandemic and a timeline for the return to last year's level of 39 million flights is uncertain, airlines looking for illumination…
MilitaryFuture F-35 Panoramic Cockpit Display System to Feature Better Processing, Memory A new Panoramic Cockpit Display – Electronics Unit (PCD-EU) for the Lockheed Martin F-35 is to feature significantly enhanced processing and memory. The PCD-EU "is considered a new development effort under the…
Business & GAMROs Face Prospect of Significant Drop in Global Demand for Services Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) providers are facing the possibility of a steep drop in global demand for MRO services this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic although commercial MROs may face…
CommercialCOVID-19 Crisis Highlights Possible Utility of Drone Cargo Deliveries The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted the possible utility of drones in beyond visual line of sight operations for the remote delivery of medical and other supply payloads up to 50 kilograms. "We…
CommercialFAA, EASA: Cybersecurity Challenge Over the last five years, central aviation authorities and aviation industry experts have been warning of the danger of cyber-attacks on airliners and other aircraft with wireless, next generation
ATM ModernizationAnalysis of ADS-B Data May Help Aviation Recover from COVID-19 Shock The analysis of space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) data on flights before and during the COVID-19 shock may help aviation recover economically, according to Aireon CEO Don Thoma. The real-time and historical…
ConnectivityAvionics Upgrade for U-2S Dragon Lady to Feature Open Mission Systems Lockheed Martin recently received a $50 million United States Air Force contract for the Avionics Tech Refresh (ATR) program for the service's fleet of 31 U-2S Dragon Lady reconnaissance planes – upgrades…
Business & GABusiness Aviation OEMs Adapt to COVID-19 Landscape Business aviation OEMs and avionics makers are adjusting to the COVID-19 landscape through various measures, including decreasing production and moving to deliver critical medical supplies and produce ventilators and other equipment to…