ATM ModernizationNew Products New Office Satcom Direct, of Satellite Beach, Calif., opened a new office in Savannah, Ga. The Satcom Direct Savannah office includes a business office and a satellite testing and integration lab. Customers…
Embedded AvionicsSoftware DO-178C: What’s Next? Five and a half years down the road of revising the rules for writing safety-critical code — and three years past the anticipated deadline — RTCA in December approved…
CommercialBluebox Avionics Ships Over 1,000 iPad IFE Solutions Bluebox Avionics has shipped more than 1,000 units of its iPad-based next-generation in-flight entertainment system—the Bluebox Ai—over the last two months. British Airways, Scoot, Thai Airways and Jetstar are among the airlines…
CommercialGogo Receives In-Air Connectivity License for Canada Industry Canada issued Gogo a subordinate license for Canada’s air-to-ground (ATG) radio frequency spectrum to allow the in-flight wireless provider to begin operating its network for commercial and business aircraft flying over…
CommercialL2 Awarded ARINC Contract for e-Enabled Aircraft Program L2 Consulting Services, of Austin, Texas, has been awarded a contract from ARINC to develop aircraft integration, engineering design and manufacture of the prototype kits for the Cathay Pacific e-Enabled Aircraft Program. The…
CommercialBombardier ‘Aircraft 0’ Cseries Takes Virtual Flight Bombardier’s “Aircraft 0” — an on-the-ground integrated systems test and certification rig for the CSeries aircraft (ISTCR) — has begun virtual flights at its Mirabel, Québec facility. The Montreal-based manufacturer said the…
Business & GANetJets Adds Aircell to 100 Aircraft NetJets is adding Aircell’s in-flight connectivity system to 100 additional aircraft in its fleet. Aircell said the 100 additional systems will establish NetJets as having 40 percent of its total fleet of…
Business & GAEurolot to Deploy Flightman EFBs on Bombardier, ATR Aircraft Eurolot S.A. will deploy the Flightman Class I Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) software on its fleet of Bombardier and ATR aircraft. The Flightman EFB includes the eJourney Log, Electronic Flight Folder, Large…