Business & GAHoneywell and Inmarsat Pair to Move Aviation Internet into the Next Century The Inmarsat satellite network that will deliver aviation broadband. Photo: Inmarsat [Avionics Today 03-25-2015] Honeywell and Inmarsat’s JetWave MCS 8200 completed over-the-air testing of the onboard datacom system earlier this month, possibly…
CommercialUltra Electronics Brings AMS to Belo Horizonte in Brazil as Airport Expands Passengers in Belo Horizonte airport. Photo: BH airport [Avionics Today 03-25-2015] Ultra Electronics Airport Systems has been awarded a contract by Belo Horizonte International Airport in Brazil to deliver and integrate an…
ATM ModernizationNATO Ugrades AWACS Aircraft Avionics to Meet Mandates NATO’s Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft. Photo: Rockwell Collins [Avionics Today 03-25-2015] Boeing has completed the first test flight of a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Airborne Warning and Control…
CommercialDARPA Awards Contracts for Tern Naval UAS Project Tern UAS phase 2 artist rendering. Photo: DARPA [Avionics Today 03-25-2015] DARPA has awarded prime contracts for Phase 2 of Tern, a joint program between DARPA and the U.S. Navy’s Office of…
Business & GACAE Contracts $55 Million in FFS Around the World [Avionics Today 03-25-2015] CAE has sold five Full-Flight Simulators (FFS) and simulator update services to customers in North America, Europe, Africa and Asia. The contracts, which one Bombardier Q400 simulator to Westjet…
CommercialGermanwings Flight Crashes in French Alps A Germanwings A320. Photo: Wikipedia [Avionics Today 03-24-2015] French officials believe that all 144 passengers and 6 crew on board a Germanwings flight en route to Dusseldorf, Germany have perished in a…
CommercialeInfochips Receives ARINC 429 Verification IP for Data Transfer [Avionics Today 03-23-2015] eInfochips has achieved a new (Aeronautical Radio Incorporation) ARINC 429 Verification IP (VIP) that the company believes will help improve reliability and performance of data transfer between avionics systems…
CommercialAirbus and SIAEC Establish Maintenance Training Services in Singapore [Avionics Today 03-23-2015] Airbus and SIA Engineering Company Limited (SIAEC) have entered into an agreement to provide maintenance and engineering training services for Airbus aircraft in Singapore. SAIEC MRO hangar. Photo: Linkedin…