CommercialAllegiant Places New Fleet Order for 50 Boeing 737 MAX Aircraft Las Vegas-based low-cost airline Allegiant has signed an agreement with Boeing to purchase up to 50 new 737 MAX aircraft, including the 737-7 and 737-8-200 models. According to a Jan. 5 press…
ConnectivityDeos RTOS to Host Honeywell's Next Generation Anthem Cockpit System Phoenix, Arizona-based operating systems and software supplier DDC-I, Inc., is supplying its DO-178 Deos multicore real time operating system (RTOS) to Honeywell Aerospace to serve as the host of the OEM's Anthem…
CommercialLatest C-Band 5G Delay Allows AT&T, Verizon to Address Aircraft Radar Altimeter Concerns In statements released Monday, AT&T and Verizon agreed to delay their deployment of C-Band 5G wireless networks by another two weeks in an effort to address concerns over potential signal interference issues…
CommercialThe 10 Most-Read Avionics International Articles of 2021 With just a few days remaining in 2021, we take a look back at our 10 most-read articles of 2021, a year in which new display-driven avionics technologies and electric vertical takeoff…
CommercialFAA Issues New Radar Altimeter 5G C-Band Risk Assessment Request to Aviation Industry The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Thursday issued its latest regulatory policy statement concerning potential interference issues facing aircraft radar altimeter systems two weeks ahead of the planned launch of new…
MilitaryFinland Selects F-35A In $11 Billion Fighter Competition Finland selected the Lockheed Martin F-35A Joint Strike Fighter over four competitors to be the country’s next multi-role fighter to replace the legacy F/A-18 Hornet fleet in its HX competition. Losing bids…
Business & GAAirbus Corporate Jets Completes First TwoTwenty Flight in Mirabel Airbus Corporate Jets (ACJ) completed the first flight of its new TwoTwenty business jet at Mirabel Airport on Dec. 14, a year after the French aircraft manufacturer launched a business aviation variant…
ConnectivityJapan Airlines Completes Trial of Unconnected In-flight Mobile Device Meal Ordering Software Japan Airlines (JAL) has completed a pilot project testing the use of a real-time database that allows passenger mobile devices to synchronize data in real-time "even without internet connectivity," according to Ditto,…