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Climate Change Is Rewriting the Rules of Turbulence—and Cockpits Are Playing Catch-Up

Global Avionics Round-Up from Aircraft Value News (AVN) For decades, turbulence was treated as a known nuisance—unpredictable, occasionally dangerous, but broadly manageable within the design assumptions of modern aircraft. Engineers modeled it,…

AI & Autonomy

Army’s SkyFoundry Plan To Build Own Cheap Drones Has ‘Evolved,’ Official Notes Commercial Involvement

The Army’s SkyFoundry initiative to manufacture thousands of its own cheap drones on a monthly basis has recently “evolved,” with an official telling sister publication Defense Daily the program is “100 percent a…

AI & Autonomy

With an Eye To CCA Increment 2, Talon IQ Conducts Test Flight

A “Talon IQ” Model 437 aircraft by Northrop Grumman‘s Scaled Composites has flown a mission autonomy test flight using the company’s Prism software and Hivemind software by Shield AI, the companies said on…

Military

Army Accepts First Optionally-Piloted Black Hawk, Will Inform Scaling Autonomy Across The Fleet

The Army announced Friday it has officially accepted the first Black Hawk helicopter outfitted to fly autonomously, with the plans for the aircraft to now undergo a “rigorous testing phase.” The H-60Mx,…

Connectivity

Designing for Decades: Building Upgradeable IFC in a 30-Year Airframe

Global Avionics Round-Up from Aircraft Value News (AVN) Commercial aircraft routinely serve for a quarter century or more. Satellite constellations and modems, by contrast, evolve on a five-year cadence. That mismatch poses…

Connectivity

Factory-Fitted Future: How Line-Fit Connectivity Is Rewriting IFC Competition

Global Avionics Round-Up from Aircraft Value News (AVN) In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) has moved from aftermarket upgrade to factory-installed feature. Airframers now embed antennas, radomes, wiring provisions, and server space during production. What…

Global Aviation Round-Up from Aircraft Value Intelligence

Locked Skies: Cyber Risk Rises in the Age of Connected Aircraft

Global Avionics Round-Up from Aircraft Value News (AVN) Connectivity is now a defining feature of modern aircraft. Flight decks stream data to ground control centers, engines transmit health metrics in real time,…

Military

USAF Expects KC-135 Center Console Refresh Solicitation In May

The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s (AFLCMC) KC-135 Center Console Refresh (CCR) program office at Tinker AFB, Okla., said that it expects to issue a solicitation in May after more than…

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Global Aviation Round-Up from Aircraft Value Intelligence

Climate Change Is Rewriting the Rules of Turbulence—and Cockpits Are Playing Catch-Up

AI & Autonomy

Army’s SkyFoundry Plan To Build Own Cheap Drones Has ‘Evolved,’ Official Notes Commercial Involvement

AI & Autonomy

With an Eye To CCA Increment 2, Talon IQ Conducts Test Flight

Military

Army Accepts First Optionally-Piloted Black Hawk, Will Inform Scaling Autonomy Across The Fleet

Connectivity

Designing for Decades: Building Upgradeable IFC in a 30-Year Airframe

Connectivity

Factory-Fitted Future: How Line-Fit Connectivity Is Rewriting IFC Competition

Global Aviation Round-Up from Aircraft Value Intelligence

Locked Skies: Cyber Risk Rises in the Age of Connected Aircraft

Military

USAF Expects KC-135 Center Console Refresh Solicitation In May