Nick Zazulia, Author at Avionics International

Commercial

Garmin Acquires Flight-Planning Service

Garmin has acquired Connecticut-based electronic flight-planning services provider Flight Plan, purveyor of FltPlan.com and the FltPlan Go mobile app, the company announced Wednesday. “We look forward to combining the comprehensive flight planning…

Military

F-35: Is The Trillion-Dollar Fighter Finally Worth It?

Avionics upgrades in development for the F-35 Lightning II include a new automatic ground collision avoidance system and a distributed aperture system (DAS) with five times the resolution of its current

Commercial

Alaska Hacked Like Equifax: Industry Needs to Evolve to Prevent Repeat

A month after Alaska Airlines closed its acquisition of Virgin America in December 2016, the Seattle-based airline had been hacked. Alaska discovered a malicious threat actor known to the U.S. Defense Department had abused…

Regulation

Getting Beyond the FAA's Part 107 BVLOS Waiver Application

There are several guidelines all drones operating in U.S. airspace must follow, such as remaining within the pilot's line of sight. But there are waivers the FAA is granting for some beyond-line-of-sight…

ATM Modernization

Controlling the World's Air Traffic with a Frequentis Tower Engineer

Hannes Schrittwieser has traveled all over the world installing and customizing air traffic solutions for Frequentis. That travel is one of his favorite things about the company, which famously has flexible work hours…

Military

F-35: Under the Helmet of the World's Most Advanced Fighter

One of the F-35 Lightning II’s most impressive and controversial components is the $400,000 helmet produced by a joint venture between Rockwell Collins and Elbit Systems of America. Plagued by issues —…

Embedded Avionics

Aireon 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.…

Unmanned

Trump Nominee for DHS Undersecretary Advocates Anti-Drone Bill

Legislation in the Senate permitting the use of technology to defeat potential threats from drones is necessary to enable the testing and evaluation of these technologies in operationally relevant environments, a Department…

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Latest Articles by Nick Zazulia

Commercial

Garmin Acquires Flight-Planning Service

Military

F-35: Is The Trillion-Dollar Fighter Finally Worth It?

Commercial

Alaska Hacked Like Equifax: Industry Needs to Evolve to Prevent Repeat

Regulation

Getting Beyond the FAA's Part 107 BVLOS Waiver Application

ATM Modernization

Controlling the World's Air Traffic with a Frequentis Tower Engineer

Military

F-35: Under the Helmet of the World's Most Advanced Fighter

Embedded Avionics

Aireon ALERT To Aid Search-and-Rescue Efforts with Free Space-Based ADS-B Tracking

Unmanned

Trump Nominee for DHS Undersecretary Advocates Anti-Drone Bill