CommercialHoneywell Forge Can Lead to Significant Savings for Airlines, Company Says Launched in June, the Honeywell Forge data analytics tool allows airlines to save up to $200,000 per aircraft per year in fuel costs and up to $40,000 per aircraft per year in…
Business & GASale of 5 KC-390s for Portugal to Bring $1 Billion in Sales, Embraer Says The sale of five Embraer KC-390s to Portugal is to bring Embraer about $1 billion in revenue, the company said in a 2019 third quarter earnings call on Nov. 12. "This contract…
ATM ModernizationDelayed Delivery of En-route CPDLC Messages Fixed, FAA Says The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said this week that it has fixed a lateness in the delivery of en-route use of controller-to-pilot data link communications (en-route CPDLC) messages–a tardiness that occurred twice…
MilitaryL2 Aviation to Install ADS-B Upgrades for U.S. Air Force KC-10 Tankers Collins Aerospace has awarded L2 Aviation a subcontract for installations of Mode 5 Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) upgrades for the U.S. Air Force's fleet of 58 Boeing KC-10 Extender tanker aircraft, the…
CommercialAirlines Electronic Engineering Committee Approves Changes to Ease L-Band Satcom, IP Communications The Airlines Electronic Engineering Committee (AEEC) of the SAE Industry Technologies Consortia's ARINC Industry Activities (ARINC-IA) program recently approved data link standards changes to ease avionics interfaces with newer L-Band satellite and…
CommercialInmarsat Launches SB-Helo X-Stream High Data Rate Services for Rotorcraft On Nov. 5, at the Vertical Flight Expo and Conference in Farnborough, United Kingdom, Inmarsat debuted its SwiftBroadband Helo (SB-Helo) X-Stream, a new system to allow X-Stream high data rate services in…
Business & GAUniversal Avionics Offers New 'Fly By Sight' Navigation System for Business Aircraft LAS VEGAS — Elbit Systems' Universal Avionics debuted a new "Fly By Sight" navigation system for business aircraft at the National Business Aviation Association's (NBAA) annual Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (BACE)…
Business & GAGenesys Aerosystems to Update S-TEC 3100 Autopilot for General Aviation Aircraft In September last year, Texas-based Genesys Aerosystems said that it had achieved Federal Aviation Administration supplemental type certification for the company's S-TEC 3100 autopilot for use in more than 100 models of…