Commercial The Boeing 737 MAX's Swift Fall from Grace In the recently released preliminary report, the Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority’s investigators found that erroneous angle-of-attack (AOA) information from a faulty sensor on the 737 MAX led the
Commercial Aerospace and Defense Outsourcing 3.0 But engineering and IT services providers have largely failed to recognize the clear pattern of change in outsourcing behavior and adapt to the new age to stay relevant. In the early 2000s,…
Connectivity StandardAero Awarded SmartSky STC for Embraer Jets StandardAero achieved the first supplemental type certificate (STC) for SmartSky’s in-flight connectivity system for an Embraer model aircraft type. Under the new STC, SmartSky’s system can be installed on the Embraer ERJ135/140/145…
Connectivity Navigating ADS-B Failures What should the pilot of an aircraft flying in en route airspace in the post 2020 world do if he or she encounters an ADS-B failure notification? The answer to that question…
Commercial Avionics in China: C919 Development & Future Growth C hina is projected to overtake the United States as the world’s largest commercial air passenger travel market by the mid-2020s. To meet this rapidly growing demand for air travel, Boeing’s latest…
Military How VITA Standards are Speeding Up Avionics Cots Adoption Avionics design engineers no longer have to rely on proprietary specifications, which typically lag behind commercial market technology development at both the system and component level. New developments
Embedded Avionics The Transient Nature of Digital Design All electronic designs have a time dependence that is hard to escape, regardless of the analog or digital nature of the design. Parts get discontinued, techniques and markets change, and costs eventually
Embedded Avionics Safe But Not Secure: The Changing Landscape of Cybersecurity in Aviation In 2015, cybersecurity consultant Chris Roberts claimed to have hacked an airliner while riding it, drawing the immediate attention of federal authorities while underscoring the need for comprehensive