Commercial

Embraer Reaches Record Backlog in Third Quarter

Embraer E175 E-Jet rendering. Photo: Embraer [Avionics Today 10-16-2014] By the end of the third quarter of 2014, Embraer’s firm order backlog reached $22.1 billion, the highest in the company’s history. The…

Commercial

IndiGo Signs MoU for Single Largest Order of Airbus A320neo

Airbus A320neo in IndiGo livery. Photo: Airbus [Avionics Today 10-15-2014] Indian domestic airline, IndiGo has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for 250 firm A320neo family aircraft. The agreement will become Airbus’…

ATM Modernization

GHG Emissions Drop while Fuel Savings Rise, NAV Canada Reports

[Avionics Today 10-15-2014] Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B), Area Navigation (RNAV) and other technology initiatives are helping to significantly reduce Green House Gas (GHG) emissions, according to NAV Canada’s annual Collaborative Initiatives for…

Commercial

MDA to Provide Airbus with Communication Subsystems

Airbus headquarters in Toulouse, France. Photo: Airbus [Avionics Today 10-15-2014] Airbus Defense and Space has selected MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) a global communications and information company, to provide multiple unspecified communication…

Business & GA

New Gulfstream Family Looks to Foster Efficiency

Gulfstream G500 and G600 aircraft artist rendering. Photo: Gulfstream [Avionics Today 10-15-2014] Gulfstream Aerospace has introduced a new family of business jets: the G500 and G600. The new bizjets can fly 4,800…

ATM Modernization

Unmanned Vs. Manned: How Civil UAS is Shaping Up in Europe

[Avionics Today 10-15-2014] The European Commission, like many government agencies across the globe, is racing to regulate airspace for civil Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) as quickly as technology and business opportunities in…

ATM Modernization

FAA Restores Operations to Chicago ATC Center

Chicago O’Hare Airport. Photo: peddhapati (flickr) [Avionics Today 10-14-2014] Two weeks after its closure, the FAA has restored air traffic operations at the Chicago En Route Center in Aurora, Ill. The center…