CommercialWhat's Trending in Aerospace - March 14, 2021 Check out the March 14 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.…
Business & GAGogo Delays 5G In-flight Connectivity Network Deployment to 2022 Gogo CEO Oakleigh Thorne told investors that the in-flight connectivity (IFC) service provider will deploy its 5G network a year later than planned during the company's March 11 fourth quarter 2020 earnings…
Electrification and SustainabilityWiderøe Joins Rolls-Royce and Tecnam Partnership to Launch All-Electric Aircraft Service Rolls-Royce, Tecnam, and Widerøe are partnering to launch an all-electric passenger-carrying aircraft for the commuter aircraft market in Scandinavia, according to a March 11 release. The aircraft would start service in 2026. …
Embedded AvionicsAiRanger Unmanned Aircraft Gets Sagetech’s Detect and Avoid System Sagetech Avionics and American Aerospace ISR (AA ISR) are partnering to integrate Sagetech’s Detect and Avoid (DAA) system on AA ISR’s AiRanger unmanned aircraft system (UAS), according to a March 10 press…
Embedded AvionicsUS Navy T-45 Trainers to Receive New Smart Oxygen Concentrators The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) awarded a contract to Cobham Mission Systems for the supply of new GGU-25 oxygen smart concentrators that will be part of a fleet-wide systems upgrade…
Air TaxiHoneywell is Developing a New Clean Energy Turbogenerator Honeywell is developing a new turbogenerator that will run on biofuel for hybrid-electric aircraft and is said to be 2.5 times more powerful than their previously developed models, according to a March…
Air TaxiRolls-Royce to Build Electric Propulsion System for Vertical Aerospace Rolls-Royce is building an electrical power system for Vertical Aerospace’s VA-X4 electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, the company announced in a March 9 press release. The electrical propulsion system will…
ConnectivityEmirates VP of Customer Experience Talks Future of In-Flight Connectivity When it comes to future growth markets, In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) is seen as a vital market for satellites, despite the issues aviation has had over the last year. There are high hopes…