Embedded AvionicsIs This the Future of Communications, Navigation and Surveillance? Predicting the future is a unique challenge, often fraught with uncertainty and ultimately failure. The concepts behind strategic planning as both a practical and theoretical exercise attempt to define a point in…
ConnectivityAvionica, GE Aviation Form Joint Venture for Aviation Data GE Aviation and Avionica plan to take aircraft data usage and related product deliveries to new heights under a new joint venture. The two companies have not disclosed terms of the deal,…
MilitaryHarris Engineer Seeks 'Zero-Defect' Culture in Supplying F-35 Avionics In 2017, Lockheed Martin awarded a contract to Harris Corp. to provide the computing infrastructure for new panoramic cockpit displays, advanced memory systems and navigation technology for its fifth-generation fighter jet, the…
CommercialSouthwest COO Talks Predictive Maintenance in Wake of 1380 at AMC/AEEC 2018 Southwest Airlines COO Mike Van de Ven has witnessed many events in the commercial airline industry, including tragedy in the form of the recent Southwest Flight 1380, in which an engine malfunction led to…
Business & GASynthetic Vision for Commercial Airliners: Seeing is Believing At 7:53 p.m., Feb. 14, 2018, Boeing Flight Services Campus in Miami, Florida, strapping into the cockpit of a Boeing 787 full-flight simulator, I along with Boeing Associate Technical Fellow Jim Wilkerson…
Embedded AvionicsSynthetic Vision: A Must-Have for the Next Generation of Pilots? This is one of the scenarios in which 24 junior “ab-initio” pilots from Avianca Airlines used synthetic vision to perform a near safe landing — with no prior experience with the equipment.…
CommercialJuneyao Completes China’s First ADS-B In Flight Trial The demonstration was performed using three Airbus A321s on approach to Shanghai’s Hongquiao International Airport. Each of the A321s was equipped with cockpit displays that enabled the use of air traffic
Business & GAAEE: Must-Know Avionics Mandates Here are progress updates, challenges and new capabilities for avionics equipage in European airspace you should know about. ADS-B Regulation Under Review The European Regions Airline Association (ERA), a