CommercialNTSB Completes Boeing 787 Investigation, Issues New Certification Recommendations [Avionics Today 12-3-2014] The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) concluded its investigation into a lithium-ion battery that caught fire onboard a parked Boeing 787 in 2013. According to the agency's accident investigators,…
CommercialBoeing 777X to Garner Demand in Middle East, Asia Pacific [Avionics Today 12-3-2014] At the 2013 Dubai Airshow Boeing launched the latest variant of its 777 family, the 777X, six years ahead of its projected entry into service. Since then, the wide-body…
CommercialSpirit, JetBlue Ready to Move A320 Maintenance to Puerto Rico [Avionics Today 12-02-2014] Lufthansa Technik (LHT), the aircraft maintenance wing of German airline Lufthansa, is strengthening its presence in the Americas with a new overhaul facility, Lufthansa Technik Puerto Rico. The company…
ATM ModernizationNextGen to Help Modernize Florida Metroplex, Oceanic Airspace [Avionics Today 12-01-2014] Miami International Airport is a major hub for international flights between the United States and Latin America as well as islands in the Caribbean region. The unique positioning of…
Editor's NoteTCPDLC: Transitioning to Controller Pilot Data Link Communications The global air transportation industry is in the process of slowly transitioning to Controller to Pilot Data Link Communications (CPDLC) to help alleviate the increasingly congested voice communications between pilots and controllers…
Editor's NoteAvionics Big Data: Impacting All Segments of the Aviation Industry Aircraft data is the lifeblood of the aviation industry. Data is everywhere you look, from flight testing, to in-flight data recording, enemy radar sensor data acquisition and more. However, of all flight…
ATM ModernizationBohlke Uses Connectivity to Navigate the Islands and Beyond [Avionics Today 11-26-2104] The Caribbean islands region can present some difficult weather-related flying environments, but aircraft connectivity is helping pilots in the region deal with those challenges everyday. Virgin Islands-based charter carrier…
ATM ModernizationNextGen Metroplex Improvements Come to Washington D.C. Region [Avionics Today 11-24-2014] The FAA announced its latest Metroplex-related airspace improvement activity under its nationwide rollout of the NextGen program: a new Optimized Profile Descent (OPD) for the Washington, D.C. Metroplex initiative.…
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