CommercialBoeing Exploring Autonomy, LIDAR in Future Air Cargo Aircraft Cargo carrying airplanes could have drastically different technological configurations in the near future. During a panel on developing cargo aircraft at the Farnborough Air Show, executives from Boeing and CargoLogicAir discussed how…
CommercialRolls-Royce Ready to Electrify M250 for Future EVTOL At the 2018 Farnborough International Air Show, Rolls-Royce unveiled a hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft capable of flying at 250 mph with a range of 500 miles. With the right…
MilitaryNorway's New AW101 Fleet Has iPhone-Like SAR Capability The Royal Norwegian Air Force’s new fleet of Leonardo AW101 search-and-rescue (SAR) helicopters can communicate, send text messages and switch between 3G and 4G networks similar to the way the average person’s…
CommercialBoom CEO Talks Supersonic Air Data, Antennas, Engines Boom Supersonic is attempting to become the first company to re-launch supersonic commercial air travel since the Concorde’s final flight in October 2003. At the 2018 Farnborough International Air Show, Avionics caught…
MilitaryLockheed Turns Toward 'Agility' for Future F-35 Upgrades Since the beginning of the F-35 Lightning II program, Lockheed Martin and its more than 1,600 suppliers have focused on providing technology upgrades simultaneously in massive upgrade packages. According to a program…
CommercialGE to Demo Open Architecture Plans at Farnborough If an airline or OEM wants to change just one line of code in a critical aircraft system today, it would cost millions of dollars and take months, even years to complete.…
CommercialFarnborough Preview: Avionics Topics, Trends and Technologies to Watch At a major international air show such as Farnborough, topics such as avionics embedded processing, certification, ADS-B mandates and more are sometimes overshadowed by major sales of new airplanes, flying displays and…
MilitaryAirbus Seeks Collaborative Approach to Future Combat Air System European OEMs should be working together rather than competing to build Europe’s future air combat system (FCAS), according to Airbus Defense and Space CEO Dirk Hoke. During a pre-Farnborough media briefing, Hoke…