Business & GA

FAA Issues Emergency Order for NavWorx ADS-B Units

[Avionics Magazine 11-22-2016] The FAA has issued an emergency order suspending the authorization NavWorx uses to manufacture certain Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) navigation units. According to an FAA statement, the agency is…

Commercial

Boeing Names New CEO of Commercial Airplanes Division

[Avionics Magazine 11-22-2016] Kevin G. McAllister has been named as the new president and CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes. He will succeed outgoing Boeing Vice Chairman Ray Conner in his new role. …

Commercial

Qatar Airways Goes Live With AeroDocs

[Avionics Magazine 11-22-2016] Qatar Airways Group has started using a new documentation management system to enable the airline and its subsidiaries to host and share corporate manuals and policies with staff in…

ATM Modernization

NATS Receives New Funding for Air Traffic Modernization

[Avionics Magazine 11-22-2016] NATS, the U.K. Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP), has signed new grant agreements with the European Commission Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA) totaling $27.6 million to help accelerate…

Business & GA

EASA Proposes New Regulation for Electronic Flight Bags

[Avionics Magazine 11-21-2016] The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has issued a Notice of Proposed Amendment (NPA) to establish new Electronic Flight Bags (EFBs) regulation. EASA is using the NPA to introduce…

Embedded Avionics

Curtiss Wright Introduces New Ultra-Small Mission Supercomputer

[Avionics Magazine 11-21-2016] Curtiss Wright has introduced a new Ultra-Small Form Factor (USFF) mission computer, the Parvus DuraCor 312. The unit’s teraflop performance delivers the highest Floating Point Operations Per Second (FLOPS)…