CommercialWhat's Trending in Aerospace - August 29, 2021 Check out the Aug. 29 edition of What's Trending in Aerospace, where editors and contributors for Avionics International bring you some of the latest headlines and updates happening across the global aerospace industry.…
CommercialBoeing 737 ecoDemonstrator Flights Test Satellite Internet for Pilot-to-Controller Communications The heavily modified Alaska Airlines 737-9 being operated by Boeing for its 2021 ecoDemonstrator program will provide the opportunity for Inmarsat to evaluate the use of Internet Protocol Suite (IPS)-based satellite data…
ATM ModernizationNorth Atlantic Airspace OTS NIL Initiative Ends as NATS and IATA Study the Benefits NATS, the air navigation service provider for the UK, has ended its initiative, OTS NIL, introduced in March to eliminate the Organized Track Structure (OTS) in the North Atlantic's oceanic airspace. Now,…
UnmannedHow Are Industry and Regulators Working Together on Mandates for Drone Integration? Over the last few years, conversations about mandates for commercially operated unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) flying in U.S. airspace focused heavily on Remote ID. As final rulings on drone identification technology were…
Business & GAEarly End-to-End Cybersecurity Testing Urged for Commercial/Business Aircraft As wireless next-generation communications systems become the standard for commercial and business aviation, early end-to-end cybersecurity testing may become more normalized, as aircraft OEMs and owners seek to prevent the backdoor vulnerabilities…
CommercialWhat’s Next for ADS-B in the US Air Traffic System? Now that the FAA’s ADS-B Out airspace mandate has been in place for well over a year, the U.S. air traffic system’s new primary surveillance medium has a Flight ID issue that…
Editor's NoteEditor's Note: FAA Works on Latest ADS-B Challenges and Opportunities Some readers might see the cover of our latest digital edition and think: ADS-B again? That’s an understandable reaction, especially for those impacted by the FAA’s 2020 rule. During the years leading…
Embedded AvionicsCollins Aerospace Executive: DoD Acquisition of Commercial Subsystems Faces ‘Headwinds’ The Collins Aerospace head-up display (HUD) for the U.S. Air Force C-130J by Lockheed Martin is a derivative of the company’s commercial HUD for the Boeing 737 airliner, and the Collins Aerospace cockpit displays for…