Commercial

NTSB Issues New Safety Recommendations for Large Airplanes

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued new safety recommendations for large aircraft Wednesday, asking FAA to require large aircraft to be equipped with anti-ground collision aids. NTSB is recommending large airplanes…

Military

Boeing to Open Avionics MRO Center in Korea

Boeing will establish an avionics maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) center in the Yeongcheon industry district of the Daegu-Gyeongbuk free economic zone in South Korea. The MRO center will support the Republic…

Business & GA

PilotView EFB Receives EASA Certification for Airbus A330

The Esterline CMC Electronics PilotView electronic flight bag (EFB) has received European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certification for the Airbus A330-200/300. EASA issued the certification for installation by PMVE Engineering of France,…

Business & GA

FAA Certifies Rockwell Collins Pro Line Fusion on G280

The Rockwell Collins Pro Line Fusion integrated avionics system achieved FAA certification for the Gulfstream PlaneView280 flight deck. In March, FAA granted provisional certification for the G280, stating at the time that…

ATM Modernization

Editor's note: 2015: UAS Odyssey

The unmanned aviation industry is poised for some rather explosive growth in the next few years, if the discussions on the floor of the Association of Unmanned Vehicles Systems International (AUVSI) are…

ATM Modernization

Industry Scan

COMMERCIAL GE Buys Austin Digital GE Aviation acquired Austin Digital, a privately owned, Texas-based supplier of flight operations data analysis, which is designed to “strengthen GE’s services offerings with integrated solutions for…

ATM Modernization

Routing RNP

Alaska Airlines, which pioneered RNP, has been flying RNP approaches into 27 airports. In 2011, these approaches saved the airline 210,000 gallon of fuel and $19 million. Performance-based navigation (PBN), a key…