Editor's NoteInnovation, Challenges Fluctuate as COVID-19 Uncertainty Continues As the U.S., U.K., and nations throughout Europe saw the number of COVID-19 cases start to increase again in the third and fourth quarter of 2020, the commercial segment of the global…
MilitaryRoper: F-35 Program at an ‘Inflection Point,’ as Air Force Looks to Reduce Flying Hour Cost to Bank for Future Systems The program for the Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter, managed by the F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, is at an “inflection point” in which the program…
CommercialThe Runway to Recovery: Future Proofing Will be Key for Commercial Aviation Progress in 2021 Commercial aviation has faced major challenges in 2020 due to the near shut-down of international travel in March 2020. Commercial operators and MROs have had to park almost entire fleets of…
CommercialWhat's Trending in Aerospace - January 17, 2021 Check out the Jan. 17 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.…
Business & GADassault Includes Combined Vision System on 6X Head-up Displays During a Dec. 8 virtual event broadcast from its Merignac hangar in Bordaux, France, Dassault Aviation rolled out the first completed Falcon 6X business jet, which the airframe manufacturer claims are the…
Business & GAQuality Considerations for Aviation Head-up Displays (HUDs) We have all seen the dramatic air combat sequence in movies—with a target sight, virtual guides help the pilot aim his weapon and lock on before firing. Those on-screen guides appear…
Air TaxiFormer Airbus CEO Joins Board of German Electric Air Taxi Startup Lilium Tom Enders, the former CEO of Airbus, is joining the board of directors for German electric air taxi developer Lilium after being asked to take the position by the startup’s co-founder a…
CommercialCOVID-19's Impact on Commercial Aircraft Values The year 2020 was the most tumultuous on record for the value of most aircraft types, much worse than the First Gulf War of the early 1990s, the Asian Crisis of the…