Air TaxiWhat the First Passenger Air Taxi Services Will Look Like The early days of passenger air taxi service are likely to be more conventional than one would expect from what has been hyped as a transportation revolution. The aircraft will, of course,…
CommercialLeonardo Developing ‘Connectivity Layer’ to Enable Predictive Maintenance for Helicopter Operators Engineers at Leonardo are advancing new digital and connectivity services and techniques designed to introduce the concept of predictive maintenance to in-service civil and military helicopter operators, leadership from within the company’s…
MilitaryUS Navy Tests Next Generation Jammer On EA-18G Growler The Navy completed the first mission systems flight test of the Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band (NGJ-MB) on an EA-18G Growler on Aug. 7, the service said Monday. The flight was conducted by…
ConnectivityIridium Certus Data Transmission First Achieved by Collins Aerospace Collins Aerospace has completed the first data transmission to an orbiting Iridium satellite using Certus, enabled by a new satellite communications system the company is developing. Certus is Iridium’s multi-service communications platform…
Business & GAWhat's Trending in Aerospace - August 16, 2020 Check out the Aug. 16 edition of What's Trending in Aerospace, where editors and contributors for Avionics International bring you some of the latest headlines happening across the global aerospace industry. Commercial…
CommercialPODCAST: Aviation Agency Talks US Airline Outlook Amid COVID-19 On this episode of the Connected Aircraft Podcast, Bryan Del Monte, founder of the Aviation Agency, joins the podcast to provide some perspective on the outlook for the US airline industry as…
CommercialAerospace Technology Institute Launches One-Year Study of Zero Emission Commercial Aircraft The UK’s Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) will lead a one-year project to study design challenges and potential for a zero-emission commercial aircraft, a part of the Jet Zero Council launched by Prime…
Business & GAGogo Posts $86 Million Net Loss, Makes Further Cuts in Second Quarter Gogo reported consolidated revenue of $96.6 million and a net loss of $86 million in its Q2 2020 financial results released on Monday. Gogo, which provides In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) services has been…