RegulationUAE Signs New ICAO Aviation Cybersecurity Collaboration Agreement A new agreement signed by government officials from the Minister of United Arab Emirates (UAE) Cabinet Affairs and the International Civil Aviation Organization will form a new ICAO-UAE partnership to improve aviation…
Embedded AvionicsUS Army Having Success Addressing Industry’s ‘MOSA Hesitancy,’ Top Aviation Acquisition Official Says NASHVILLE, Tennessee — As the Army emphasizes modular open system architecture (MOSA) as a key priority for its Future Vertical Lift (FVL) platforms and upgrades to its current fleet, a lead aviation official said…
Business & GANew Universal Avionics Connected FMS Technology Ready to Fly This Year The new “Connectivity Ecosystem” technology from Universal Avionics that gives pilots the ability to connect their iPads to their flight management system (FMS) could see its first passenger-carrying flights this year, according…
MilitaryNext Generation Perigon Flight Control Computer to See First Placement in Defiant X Helicopter The next generation Collins Aerospace Perigon flight control computer has received its first airframe selection as it will become a central part of the avionics featured on the Lockheed Martin Sikorsky-Boeing Defiant…
Air TaxiFedEx Express to Test Elroy VTOL for Autonomous Middle Mile Cargo Delivery FedEx Express, the regional subsidiary of FedEx Corp., has a new partnership agreement with Elroy Air aimed at flight-testing their autonomous vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) air cargo system for middle-mile logistics…
Business & GA17 New Avionics Technologies Introduced at the 2022 Aircraft Electronics Association Convention NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA — Business and general aviation aircraft electronics are becoming increasingly more connected and digital within smaller modular form factors, as evidenced by the opening ceremony of the annual 2022…
MilitaryCanada Chooses F-35A in Future Fighter Competition The government of Canada on March 28 said that it has begun negotiations with Lockheed Martin on a buy 0f 88 F-35As under the country’s Future Fighter Capability Project (FFCP) to replace Canada’s aging…
CommercialInvestigators Recover China Eastern Airlines MU5735 Flight Data Recorder The team investigating the fatal crash of a China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region last week has recovered the aircraft’s flight data recorder (FDR), according to…