CommercialPODCAST: Managing Air Cargo Operations at Frankfurt Airport During a Pandemic On this episode of the Global Connected Aircraft Podcast, we caught up with Max Conrady, Senior Vice President Cargo, Fraport AG to discuss what it’s like to manage air cargo operations at…
ATM ModernizationICAO’s 2023 Timeline Gives Airlines More Time for GADSS The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has delayed its January 2021 date for its Global Aeronautical Distress and Safety System (GADSS) initiative until 2023. Under the newly implemented two-year postponement, the standard…
CommercialNew Standard to Enable Single Pair Ethernet for Avionics Systems The Airlines Electronic Engineering Committee (AEEC) is scheduled to release the ARINC 854 Cabin Equipment Network bus specification on May 12 – a standard that will help to open the doors to…
Air TaxiThe Funding and Talent Shortfalls Faced by Electric Air Taxis As the Air Force seeks to ensure domestic technology leadership in electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, military and industry leaders agree that funding and available engineering talent are likely to…
ATM ModernizationEuropean Commission Delays ADS-B Out Mandate to December The European Commission (EC) has decided to delay its mandate for operators to equip their aircraft ADS-B Out avionics from June 7, 2020 to December 7, 2020, according to an amendment published…
MilitaryNavy Remotely Tests C/KC-130T Avionics Software Fix Due to travel restrictions because of COVID-19, the Navy and Lockheed Martin remotely tested software fixes for the latest software build of the C/KC-130T Avionics Obsolescence Upgrade (AOU) program in Fort Worth…
IIOTWill Open-Source Development Help the Drone Industry Fight Back Against DJI? With the U.S. government and military eager for a profitable domestic small UAS industry to emerge, software developer Auterion seeks to be part of the solution by bringing together the fragmented industry…
Air TaxiSabrewing Unveils Prototype ‘Rhaegal-A’ Unmanned VTOL Cargo Aircraft At the conclusion of the Air Force’s Agility Prime event on revolutionary VTOL aircraft, California-based Sabrewing Aircraft revealed their ‘Rhaegal-A’ prototype, an unmanned heavy-lift cargo aircraft that the company says will be…
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