Business & GAEmbraer Legacy 600, Dornier 328 Gain New Avionics Display Upgrade Path [Avionics Magazine 10-28-2016] Honeywell's Liquid Crystal Displays (LCDs) are now certified as single display replacements for older generation Cathode Ray Tube displays. The current certifications allow Dornier 328 and Embraer Legacy 600…
ConnectivityInmarsat GX Aviation to Hook-Up 125 Aircraft to In-Flight Wi-Fi through Rockwell Collins [Avionics Magazine 10-27-2016] A leading short- and long-haul European airline has selected Rockwell Collins to provide In-Flight Connectivity via Inmarsat’s new Global Xpress for Aviation (GX Aviation) service. Photo: Rockwell…
MilitaryHow the U.S. Air Force Monitors 1 Million Cyber Attacks Per Day [Avionics Magazine 10-27-2016] The U.S. Air Force estimates there are more than 1 million cyber attacks on its network of more than 1 million airborne and ground-based networked computer systems on a…
CommercialElbit Systems SkyLens Now Flying on ATR 42/72 [Avionics Magazine 10-27-2016] Elbit Systems' SkyLens wearable head up display (HUD) has begun flights within its final configuration onboard the ATR 42/72 series aircraft. ATR is the launch customer for the SkyLens,…
CommercialWill Boeing Build a VTOL Passenger Plane? [Avionics Magazine 10-27-2016] A patent awarded to Boeing on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016, from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) could signal the Original Equipment Manufacturer's (OEM) desire to build a…
CommercialRockwell, B/E Merger to Put Processors in Everything on Airplanes [Avionics Magazine 10-25-2016] Rockwell Collins CEO Kelly Ortberg said the aerospace and defense giant's $6.4 billion acquisition of aircraft cabin interior supplier B/E Aerospace creates the opportunity for the two companies to…
CommercialGlobalBeacon to Establish Minute by Minute Aircraft Tracking [Avionics Magazine 10-19-2016] In two years, airlines could have the ability to track their Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) transponder-equipped aircraft anywhere in the world on a minute-by-minute basis, with no other…
ATM ModernizationNew ARINC Datalink, GNSS, Software Standards in Development [Avionics Magazine 10-18-2016] Several new avionics standards are in development to provide production and manufacturing guidance for avionics equipment and Air Traffic Management (ATM) technologies designed to support Single European Sky ATM…
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