CommercialSpring Airlines: China’s First Customer for Airbus Sharklet Retrofit Spring Airlines sharklet wing tips. Photo: PR Newsire [Avionics Today 10-09-2014] Spring Airlines, a low-cost carrier based in Shanghai, China, has signed an agreement with Airbus for sharklet retrofit of its A320…
ATM ModernizationFAA to Reopen Chicago Air Traffic Facility Monday Chicago O’Hare Airport. Photo: O’Hare Airport. [Avionics Today 10-09-2014] The FAA reports that flights at Chicago airports appear to be back on track after a fire set by an FAA contractor at…
CommercialBoeing Completes Round of Testing for Military and Commercial Aircraft Satellite Antenna Boeing engineers Stephanie Mount and Chuck Renneberg examine the low-profile phased array antenna. Photo: Boeing. [Avionics Today 10-09-2014] Boeing has completed environmental and performance qualification testing on the aircraft satellite communications antenna…
CommercialAircelle Europe Doubles MRO Capacity for Jet Engine Nacelles Changeout of an A380 thrust reverser’s inner fixed structure (IFS) is performed at Aircelle Europe Services’ new building in Pont-Audemer, France. Photo: Aircelle [Avionics Today 10-09-2014] Aircelle, a subsidiary of Safran, has…
CommercialBoeing, Panasonic Offer IFC, Fuel Savings through Low-Profile Antenna [Avionics Today 10-08-2014] Boeing Network and Space Systems (N&SS) and Panasonic Avionics have partnered to develop a broadband, electronically steered phased array antenna for commercial airliners. The antenna will deliver in-flight Wi-Fi…
CommercialSmartSky Networks Announces Launch of 4G IFC Network Customers Using SmartSky 4G LTE Network. Photo: SmartSky Networks [Avionics Today 10-08-2014] SmartSky Networks has announced it will launch the United States’ first airborne 4G LTE-based network, SmartSky 4G, for both commercial…
Business & GANorthrop Grumman Leverages ANSYS For Black Hawk Cockpit Display Development UH-60L Blackhawk helicopter. Photo: Wikipedia [Avionics Today 10-08-2014] Northrop Grumman is currently developing the next generation of Black Hawk helicopter cockpit display systems using ANSYS system and software simulation solutions. Northrop is using…
ConnectivityElbit Systems to Provide Secure Broadband Network for Public Safety Agencies [Avionics Today 10-08-2014] The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science & Technology Directorate has awarded Elbit Systems of America a contract to deliver a technology demonstration for a mission critical secure…