CommercialWTO Rules Some Boeing 777X Tax Breaks Illegal Boeing 777X. Photo: Boeing [Avionics Magazine 11-29-2016] The World Trade Organization (WTO) ruled that the United States had ignored international trade rules by permitting illegal subsidies to Boeing for the integrated 777X.…
CommercialPanasonic Partners with Safety Line for More Comprehensive Cockpit Weather Forecasting Panasonic Avionics FlightLink system. Photo: Panasonic Avionics [Avionics Magazine 11-29-2016] Panasonic Avionics and Safety Line have entered into a strategic partnership that aims to enable airlines to access fuel savings through improved…
ATM ModernizationEASA Strikes New SESAR Cooperation Agreement EASA Executive Director Patrick Ky and SJU Executive Director Florian Guillermet signing the new SESAR MoC. Photo: EASA [Avionics Magazine 11-28-2016] On Nov. 23, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) signed a…
CommercialFirst A350-1000 Makes Premier Flight First A350-1000 test flight crew. Photo: Airbus [Avionics Magazine 11-28-2016] The first of three A350-1000 development aircraft to fly landed at Toulouse-Blagnac Airport France on Nov. 24, successfully completing its first flight,…
CommercialEuropean Aviation Network Completes First Test Flights European Aviation Network testing at Nokia Stuttgart with onboard equipment. Photo: Nokia [Avionics Magazine 11-28-2016] The European Aviation Network (EAN) has reached a significant milestone today after Inmarsat, Deutsche Telekom and its…
CommercialAegean Airlines Ups Operational Efficiency with Rockwell Collins Data Link Coms Aegean Airlines A320ceo. Photo: Airbus [Avionics Magazine 11-28-2016] Aegean Airlines has selected Rockwell Collins to provide air-to-ground data link communications using the copmany’s ARINC Globalink technology. By implementing Globalink, Agean Airlines aims…
ATM ModernizationEurocontrol Launches Cooperation with EDA to Ensure Military Voice in SESAR Jorge Domecq, chief executive of the European Defence Agency, and Frank Brenner, director general of Eurocontrol, after signing an agreement to cooperate on SESAR. Photo: Eurocontrol [Avionics Magazine 11-18-2016] Eurocontrol and the…
Embedded AvionicsRockwell Collins to Activate US Navy P-8A Radio Components Depot Capability US Navy P-8A aircraft. Photo: Rockwell Collins [Avionics Magazine 11-18-2016] The U.S. government awarded Rockwell Collins $27 million to activate a depot capability for the U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon aircraft HF-121C and…