Commercial

UPS Selects Boeing AHM for MD-11 Fleet

UPS will equip its fleet of MD-11 Freighters with Boeing's Airplane Health Management (AHM) system, the companies announced Wednesday. UPS already uses the system on its fleet of 747-400 Freighters. The expanded agreement covers 38…

ATM Modernization

FAA: Air Travel Projected to Double by 2031

Air travel is expected to double over the next 20 years, and the U.S. will hit 1 billion passengers per year by 2021, according to a new FAA forecast. This rise in air…

Commercial

SAS to Install Panasonic Connectivity System

Panasonic Avionics Corp. signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) to install its eXConnect in-flight connectivity system on aircraft operating on the airline's domestic, pan-European and intercontinental flights. While…

Embedded Avionics

ARINC to Upgrade E-6Bs for Rockwell Collins

ARINC Engineering Services will perform a major communication systems upgrade on U.S. Navy E-6Bs, under a contract with Rockwell Collins. The aircraft are part of the Take Charge And Move Out (TACAMO) strategic…

ATM Modernization

FAA Seeks NextGen Equipage Direction

The next few months could be formative in specifying the types of onboard equipment aircraft will need to exploit NextGen “mid-term” efficiencies planned by 2018. FAA has issued an equipage tasking request…

Business & GA

Thales Officially Forms Indian JV

The avionics joint venture between India-based Samtel Display Systems Ltd. and Thales Avionics has been officially incorporated, the companies announced last week. Samtel Thales Avionics Ltd., which was announced in 2008 and…

Commercial

Panasonic, AeroMobile Extend Emirates Contract

Panasonic Avionics Corp., of Lake Forest, Calif., and AeroMobile have extended their agreement with Emirates Airline for in-flight mobile connectivity with an order for an additional 84 eXPhone systems for installation on the…

Business & GA

ICG System Gets Iridium Approval

International Communications Group (ICG), of Newport News, Va., said Thursday its NxtLink ICS-400 communications system has successfully completed the Iridium Compatible Equipment Certification (ICE) testing, and is approved for operation on the Iridium…