Commercial

BAE Systems, EMTEQ Partner on IntelliCabin

BAE Systems has a new agreement with cabin connectivity and lighting solutions provider EMTEQ to collaborate on the development of IntelliCabin, an integrated cabin management system designed for commercial aircraft.    Intellicabin,…

Commercial

FCC Looks to Improve In-Flight Connectivity

In-flight connectivity could be faster and accessible to more commercial and business aircraft in a few years, under a proposal from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to establish a terrestrial-based air-to-ground mobile broadband service…

ATM Modernization

FAA Reverses Decision on Closing 149 ATC Towers

FAA will not close the 149 contract air traffic control (ATC) towers that were scheduled for closure in June due the sequester, according to a statement issued by Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood…

Embedded Avionics

Boeing Gives B-52s a Digital Overhaul

The U.S. Air Force's B-52 Stratofortress fleet is receiving a major digital upgrade from Boeing, helping the airframe manufacturer to provide a foundation for continued modernization of the military's longest serving bomber…

ATM Modernization

NAV Canada Looks to Modernize Canadian Airspace

Nav Canada has a new agreement with Boeing Digital Aviation subsidiary Jeppesen to bring area navigation (RNAV) and required navigation performance (RNP) instrument flight procedures to the Canadian airspace.    Working with…

Commercial

EasyJet to Flight Test Ash-Detection System

U.K.-based low cost carrier EasyJet, with Airbus and Norwegian research company Nicarnica Aviation, is ready to perform flight tests for an airborne volcanic ash detection system called Airborne Volcanic Object Identifier and…