MilitaryMeet Textron Systems' New CEO Textron Inc. Wednesday said that Lisa Atherton has been named president and CEO of Textron Systems. She succeeds Ellen Lord, who will be nominated by President Donald J. Trump as Under Secretary of Defense…
Commercial7 Future Aircraft Concepts That Could Change Aviation With Boeing projecting demand for 41,000 new commercial aircraft and 617,000 pilots over the next 20 years, traditional manned commercial airliners and business and general aviation aircraft will continue to dominate the…
CommercialAirbus Unveils New Era of Predictive Maintenance in Paris Airbus' new initiatives and technologies unveiled at the 2017 Paris Air Show are designed to help Airbus operators go from a reactive to predictive aircraft maintenance operational style. Among these include a…
ConnectivityBusiness Models Evolve with New IFEC Technology Every airline has multiple factors to consider when establishing a business model around the way they distribute cabin-based in-flight access to the internet for passengers. Does the operation fly regional routes only,…
CommercialBoeing VP Talks Future of Passenger Plane Autonomy On the third day of the Paris Air Show, Boeing did something that it typically does not do: an in-depth public presentation on advanced aircraft technologies it is currently researching. Mike Sinnett,…
ConnectivityAirbus A350 Operators Get a New ACARS in Paris Airbus A350 operators received some of the most important avionics news of 2017 on the first day of the biannual Paris Air Show, as Rockwell Collins has introduced a new conversion method…
Commercial16 Aircraft to Make First Paris Air Show Appearances Avionics is gearing up for the 52nd annual International Paris Air Show is set for June 19 to June 25 at Le Bourget Airport. (Come visit us in hall 3, booth D145!) In 2015, the…
CommercialADS-B Issues Are Different for Business, Commercial and GA Less than three years remain before civil aviation regulators in the U.S and Europe require aircraft in both regions to be equipped with ADS-B Out avionics. On June 14, experts from Aireon, Aircraft Owners…