Embedded AvionicsAireon ALERT To Aid Search-and-Rescue Efforts with Free Space-Based ADS-B Tracking The pre-registration period opened Wednesday for the Aireon ALERT program, a free service offered jointly by Aireon and the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) aimed at helping to track aircraft in emergency situations.…
CommercialBVLOS Commercial Drone Flights Launch at Grand Sky Grand Sky Drone Park at Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota kicked off the country's first approved beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) large commercial unmanned aircraft system (UAS) flight operations Monday. To mark…
CommercialFrom Air Force to Avionics: One AIT Engineer's Path Chris Hartley had to get his parents to sign a waiver so he could sign up for the U.S. Air Force at 17. Now a software engineer for Teradyne subsidiary Avionics Interface…
RegulationSan Diego Drone IPP Launches with Cape Telepresence Tech One of the U.S.'s 10 participants in the nation-wide drone integration pilot program (IPP) launched in San Diego, California last week. To kick it off, the San Diego Fire Department responded to…
Embedded AvionicsGarmin Adds South America Coverage to Navigation Database Garmin has expanded its Garmin Navigation Database to cover the entire Americas with the new addition of South America. Garmin said that the new navigation data would be available by October. According…
ATM ModernizationThales Provides Security Suite for Expanded Oman Airport Thales is providing its airport operation control center suite of security solutions for the new terminal of Oman's Muscat International Airport. The airport saw a 17% year-over-year growth up to 14 million…
CommercialBoeing CFO Talks Services Industry, NMA, Acquisitions Boeing's deals with KLX and Embraer to establish its year-old Boeing Global Services business aren't the end of the OEM's moves in that space. Speaking at the 2018 Jeffries Global Industrials Conference, Boeing's chief…
Business & GAAvionics Industry Showing Strong Growth in AEA Market Report Total worldwide business and general aviation avionics sales grew 15.5% year-over-year (YOY) in the first half of 2018, according to the Aircraft Electronics Association’s second-quarter 2018 fiscal report. The report is an…
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