Embedded AvionicsFACE Developing Conformance Standards for Open Military Avionics Environment The FACE Consortium is developing an automated method for ensuring that new military avionics systems software complies with the Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE) technical standard, designed to lower the cost of…
ATM ModernizationAviation Industry Calls for an End to Government Shutdown Aviation industry groups are continuing their calls for an end to the government shutdown, which entered its 10th day on Thursday, as air traffic controllers continue to work with no pay and…
CommercialBoeing Inspectors Return as Government Shutdown Continues FAA certification workers responsible for providing regulatory approval for aircraft manufactured at Boeing's facility in South Carolina returned to work Tuesday, the company confirmed in a statement to Avionics Magazine on Wednesday.…
Business & GAFAA Recalls 800 Furloughed Air Safety Workers FAA is recalling some of its airline and aircraft safety inspectors furloughed by the government shutdown now entering its eighth day Tuesday. More than 800 workers from its Office of Aviation…
ATM ModernizationGeneral Dynamics Receives Order for VoIP ATC Radios FAA has placed its first production order for new air traffic control (ATC) radios that feature Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), as the agency prepares to replace its legacy analog radios. …
CommercialGovernment Shutdown: UTC, Lockheed Martin Reverses Furlough Plans The federal government shutdown is entering its second week, but workers at two government contractors, Lockheed Martin and United Technologies Corp., are reversing their plans for furloughs after Congress recalled most of the…
CommercialFAA Selects University for Testing Small UAS Certification Standards FAA has selected Kansas State University Salina to test certification standards for small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), part of an effort to begin creating industry standards for certifying unmanned systems for commercial…
Embedded AvionicsNAVAIR Sets 2021 Goal for C-130T Avionics Overhaul The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) plans on entering its fleet of upgraded C-130T Hercules military transport aircraft into service by 2021, the military unit said Thursday. (Twenty C-130T Hercules…