CommercialVirgin Atlantic to Equip Airbus A330neo Fleet with Viasat In-Flight Connectivity Service Virgin Atlantic's new fleet of Airbus A330-900neo aircraft will feature in-flight connectivity (IFC) services enabled by Viasat's Ka-band satellite network, according to a July 12 announcement from the two companies. Under a…
Embedded AvionicsNorthrop Grumman Brings Real-time Virtualization to Embedded Avionics Under New Partnership A new partnership between Northrop Grumman and Curtiss Wright targets the virtualization of obsolete military avionics systems by extracting software from legacy communications, navigation and surveillance hardware and transitioning it to modern…
CommercialAirbus, Boeing Expand Digital Commercial Airliner Cockpit Applications and Services Inside Airbus and Boeing, the world's two largest commercial airplane makers, a key trend that has helped expand digital innovation within the latest cockpit configurations available on their newest airframes has been…
Editor's NoteThe Farnborough International Air Show Issue How are commercial airliner cockpits digitally evolving in 2022? As you’ll see in our cover story, commercial aircraft OEMs—primarily Airbus and Boeing—have significantly increased the number of flight operations and maintenance-focused digital…
RegulationNew Report Compares EASA, FAA Approaches to Certifying Commercial Airplanes A new report published by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) found key differences in the approaches used by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and Federal Aviation Administration toward compliance…
CommercialEurazeo Completes Sale of Orolia to Safran Safran Electronics & Defense announced its acquisition of Orolia, the Paris-based supplier of position, navigation, and timing (PNT) electronics from global investment firm Eurazeo. The sale of Orolia to Safran generated "cash…
CommercialAurora to Design New Motherships for Virgin Galactic Space Flights Aurora Flight Sciences has reached a new agreement with Virgin Galactic that will see the Virginia-based Boeing subsidiary become a partner in the design and manufacturing of Virgin's next generation motherships. Virgin…
ConnectivityPODCAST: Shift5 CGO Talks Developing an Aircraft Networking Security Program Michael Weigand is the chief growth officer of Shift5 Inc., a startup firm providing cybersecurity services across commercial and military segments of aviation, rail, and other forms of transportation. Weigand is a…
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