CommercialFAA to Hire More Data Scientists, Software Engineers Under 737 MAX Certification Reform The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will hire more software and systems engineers, human factors experts and other technological subject matter experts as a way of improving how the agency certifies increasingly complex…
CommercialFormer Embraer Commercial Aviation CEO to Take Lead at GE Aviation On the same day Embraer took steps to reintegrate its commercial aviation business after plans to merge with Boeing fell through, John Slattery, former CEO of the Brazilian airplane maker’s commercial division,…
CommercialShould Airlines Standardize Pre-flight Testing for COVID-19? Airlines are slowly starting to operate more flights as regulators in different regions of the world begin to relax travel restrictions and introduce new guidelines. But do operators need a standardized approach…
ATM ModernizationSatellite Connectivity to Enable New ’Pop-Up UTM’ Service for Drones Inmarsat and Altitude Angel are collaborating on a new approach to surveillance that they describe as ‘Pop-Up UTM’ (Unmanned Traffic Management), which could serve as a catalyst for enabling more beyond visual…
ConnectivityPODCAST: Nokia Enterprise Head of Airports Talks Future of 5G in Aviation On this episode, we’re joined by Thomas Rehrberg, head of airports and airlines business for Nokia Enterprise. Rehrberg provides an overview of how 5G works and what its enabling elements within the…
Business & GAAppareo Goes Big on New Flight Data Technology for Small Airplanes Appareo's new Conexus technology brings new data acquisition capabilities to the lighter end of the business and general aviation industry. Photo: Appareo A new set of data acquisition, flight data monitoring recording…
Editor's NoteAvionics Industry Faces Challenges Through COVID-19 Pandemic Perhaps one of the biggest COVID-19 shocks came on May 4, when GE Aviation President and CEO published a statement confirming the company’s expectation for workforce reductions. In the statement, Joyce writes,…
Air TaxiWhat Will 5G Bring to the Aviation Industry? A range of new communications technologies are included up in the term ‘5G,’ including new radio access technology and antennas operating in the low, mid and high bands of the radiofrequency spectrum,…
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