Electrification and SustainabilityTechnology is Available That Could Lower Aircraft Emissions Today, Not Ten Years from Now Airlines and aircraft makers have all committed to zero emissions pledges that pump funding and research into cleaner technologies like electric and hydrogen-powered aircraft and sustainable aviation fuels. The problem is that…
UnmannedDrone Companies See Opportunities in B2B Middle-Mile Logistics The logistics industry is seeing a big opportunity in the future use of drones within their operations. While some companies are targeting last-mile deliveries from businesses to consumers, others are looking towards…
ConnectivityPanasonic Avionics Introduces Bundle Business Model for Airline In-flight Connectivity Panasonic Avionics has introduced a series of new “connectivity bundles” designed to help optimize the way commercial airlines pay for the data and bandwidth necessary to deliver in-flight internet services to passengers.…
ConnectivityInmarsat CTO Talks Impact of Future GEO-LEO-5G Network for Aviation Inmarsat recently unveiled its plans to establish Orchestra, a future communications configuration that will combine existing geosynchronous (GEO) satellites with low earth orbit satellites (LEO) and terrestrial 5G into an integrated network.…
CommercialRaytheon Technologies To Acquire Flight Tracking Company FlightAware Raytheon Technologies on Monday said its Collins Aerospace segment has agreed to acquire FlightAware, which provides global flight tracking services and analytics to a range of customers including airlines, airports and government. Terms…
Air TaxiHyPoint and Piasecki Aircraft Partnership Aims to Create Hydrogen Fuel Cell System for eVTOLs With aircraft emissions and sustainability becoming a leading concern in the industry, the development of electric aircraft, like electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, has accelerated. However, most of these aircraft…
CommercialWhat's Trending in Aerospace - August 29, 2021 Check out the Aug. 29 edition of What's Trending in Aerospace, where editors and contributors for Avionics International bring you some of the latest headlines and updates happening across the global aerospace industry.…
CommercialBoeing 737 ecoDemonstrator Flights Test Satellite Internet for Pilot-to-Controller Communications The heavily modified Alaska Airlines 737-9 being operated by Boeing for its 2021 ecoDemonstrator program will provide the opportunity for Inmarsat to evaluate the use of Internet Protocol Suite (IPS)-based satellite data…