Business & GA

Gogo Adds 1,100 to Connected Fleet in 2015

Gogo test aircraft. Photo: Gogo [Avionics Today 02-08-2016] Gogo added nearly 1,100 commercial and business aircraft with broadband connectivity technologies to its installed fleet in 2015. Across commercial and business aviation, Gogo…

ATM Modernization

Everything You Need to Know About FAA Reauthorization and ATC Reform

[Avionics Today 02-05-2016] Following House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster’s introduction of the Aviation Innovation, Reform, and Reauthorization (AIRR) Act on Wednesday, Feb. 3, organizations within different segments of the aviation community…

ATM Modernization

Raytheon to Complete STARS Upgrade by 2019

ATC controllers tracking aircraft with STARS. STARS is capable of tracking up to 1350 airborne aircraft simultaneously within a terminal area. Photo: Raytheon [Avionics Today 02-05-2016] The FAA has granted Raytheon a…

Business & GA

Sequoia Helicopters Adds Flight Data Monitoring to Fleet

Sequoia helicopter. Photo: Sequioa [Avionics Today 02-05-2016] Sequoia Helicopters has selected Skytrac Helicopter Flight Data Monitoring (HFDM) for its fleet of Bell 212 helicopters. With a focus on oil and gas, firefighting…

ATM Modernization

Play the Avionics News Quiz of February 5

Believe it or not there was news this week that didn’t involve possible ATC reform and the cleverly named AIRR Act (for it or against it you have to admit, that is…

ATM Modernization

Gulfstream Brings ADS-B In Retrofit to G150, G200

Gulfstream G150 cockpit avionics. Photo: Gulfstream [Avionics Today 02-04-2016] Gulfstream has received approval from the FAA to begin installing Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast In (ADS-B In) avionics as retrofit packages on in-service…