RegulationQatar Publishes New Civil Aviation Cybersecurity Guidelines Qatar’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has become the first Middle Eastern civil aviation regulator to publish new cybersecurity guidelines designed to help mitigate electronic threats and attacks on the nation’s aircraft…
CommercialMore Details Emerge on X-59's 4K Cockpit Screen, Environmental System The cockpit of NASA’s X-59 Quiet Supersonic Technology (QueSST) demonstrator aircraft will use a 4K monitor as its primary forward looking field of view for pilots, according to new system supplier details…
Embedded AvionicsMillennials Ready to Embrace Autonomous Aircraft, New Global Study Finds More than 80 percent of young adults ages 18 to 24 would be comfortable as a passenger on a self-flying aircraft at some point in their lifetime, according to the results of…
ConnectivityCurtiss Wright CTO Talks Reality of Cyber Threats to Connected Avionics Systems SAN DIEGO – During the 2019 Global Connected Aircraft Summit, Avionics International discussed emerging cyber security threats to connected avionics systems becoming a reality as more high speed internet protocol (IP)-based connectivity…
ATM ModernizationFAA Researching Use of Airplane Connectivity for SWIM SAN DIEGO — The FAA wants to use the increased presence of faster air-to-ground and satellite-based internet connectivity links on air transport aircraft to optimize the sharing of airspace system information among airlines,…
ConnectivitySES Developing New Satellites, Service Models for Airplane Connectivity SAN DIEGO — SES wants to use its next generation satellite constellation, O3b mPOWER, to provide increased capacity to airlines for in-flight connectivity, while also considering how to establish a new end-to-end…
ConnectivityDoes the Connected Aircraft Need Electronically Steerable Antennas? SAN DIEGO -- The future form, fit and function of commercial airplane antennas that enable high speed internet connectivity for passengers and pilots will be lower in profile with little to no moving…
RegulationEASA Issues First Space-based ADS-B Surveillance as a Service Certification The European Aviation Safety Agency has certified Aireon as a new air navigation service provider (ANSP) for its space-based ADS-B surveillance, the first of its kind certification ever issued by the civil…