Business & GAWill Today's Cybersecurity Guidelines and Standards Become Mandates for Connected Aircraft Systems? Aviation cybersecurity mandates by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) are coming in the next two years, according to participants in an Avionics International Apr.…
Business & GABusiness Aviation OEMs Look to CARES Act to Sustain Supplier Base Through COVID-19 Pandemic Business aviation OEMs in the United States are looking to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), P.L. 116-136, to help sustain their suppliers, including avionics makers and small…
Air TaxiOPINION: Technology Changed Aviation and It’s Happening Again with Electric Aircraft In many ways, the history of commercial aviation has been a quest for more speed, altitude, and economy. Propulsion technology, in particular, has played a crucial role in reaching these goals, and…
Air TaxiThis Stealth Air Taxi Startup Is Driving Up the Cost of UAM Engineers A stealth-mode startup working on electric aircraft is luring engineering talent away from other urban air mobility (UAM) companies with higher salaries, sources within the industry told Avionics International. Santa Clara-based Archer…
Business & GAPODCAST SERIES Pt. 2: Aerospace Industry Outlook Under the Coronavirus Pandemic – BUSINESS AVIATION On the second of this new four-part podcast series, we discuss the operational impact of the outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus global pandemic on business aviation. Guests on this episode include the…
Business & GAFAA Moves Forward on Standards for Supersonic Aircraft The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is moving forward on standards for future supersonic aircraft in announcing a notice of proposed rulemaking last week for noise levels for those aircraft. The proposed rulemaking…
Embedded AvionicsChallenges to Developing Avionics Terminals with Commercial Waveform, Multi-Modem Capability Last week, the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) awarded Raytheon and L3Harris $500 million each to develop protected tactical waveform capable modems for the next generation Protected Tactical Satcom…
MilitaryAir Force, Boeing Reach New Agreement on KC-46A The Air Force and Boeing announced April 2 that they have agreed upon a solution to fix the remote vision system on the KC-46A Pegasus, in the hopes of resolving one of the tanker…