Embedded AvionicsNorthrop Grumman's E-2D, F-22 Embedded GPS System Upgrade to Run on INTEGRITY-178 RTOS Northrop Grumman’s $59 million contract to develop an upgraded embedded GPS system for E-2D Hawkeye and F-22 Raptor aircraft will run on a real time operating system (RTOS) supplied by Green Hills…
CommercialBoeing Commercial CEO Expects Mid-Year Return to Service of 737 MAX Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Stan Deal expects the grounded 737 MAX fleet to achieve re-certification and a return to service by mid-year, the executive said during a fireside chat at the U.S.…
ConnectivityNew Standard Promises Airlines More Flexibility When Upgrading In-flight Connectivity A new in-flight connectivity (IFC) standard, Seamless Release 1.0, has been published by the Seamless Air Alliance to introduce the use of open interfaces such as Hotspot 2.0 and native cellular roaming…
CommercialBombardier CRJ Gets New CRT-to-LCD Cockpit Display Upgrade in TFD-4000 Bombardier CRJ Series operators have a new cathode ray tube (CRT) to liquid crystal display (LCD) upgrade path available for their ProLine 4 cockpits in the TFD-4000, officially launched by Australian avionics…
ATM ModernizationSpace-based ADS-B is Coming to Eurocontrol’s Tactical Flow Management System Under a new 10-year agreement, Eurocontrol will integrate Aireon’s space-based automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) data into its enhanced tactical flow management (EFTMS) and a new system known as iNM that is currently…
CommercialPODCAST: Talking IFEC With Virgin Atlantic's Mark Cheyney In this episode of the Global Connected Aircraft podcast, we spoke with Mark Cheyney, Virgin Atlantic’s head of in-flight entertainment and connectivity (IFEC) development, for a look at how the airline’s use…
CommercialVistara to Become India’s First Airline to Feature In-flight Internet A partnership agreement between Panasonic Avionics and Tata Group subsidiary Nelco Limited is set to make Vistara India’s first domestic airline to offer in-flight Internet access to passengers. The agreement between Panasonic,…
ConnectivityViasat Using Open Caching to Bring Free fuboTV to Connected Flights Under a new partnership, satellite communications provider Viasat and fuboTV will become the first two companies to use open caching standards developed by the Streaming Video Alliance to bring live streaming premium…