MilitaryUS Air Force Officials Expect KC-46 Remote Vision System Fix by 2023 The Air Force expects to receive a solution to its biggest Category-1 deficiency on the KC-46A Pegasus tanker by 2023, one year behind previous estimates, the service’s senior military official told the…
CommercialBombardier CRJ Gets New CRT-to-LCD Cockpit Display Upgrade in TFD-4000 Bombardier CRJ Series operators have a new cathode ray tube (CRT) to liquid crystal display (LCD) upgrade path available for their ProLine 4 cockpits in the TFD-4000, officially launched by Australian avionics…
Air TaxiNASA Signs 17 Space Act Agreements for Urban Air Mobility Grand Challenge Seventeen companies have signed Space Act Agreements with NASA to participate in the agency’s first Urban Air Mobility Grand Challenge, a series of technology demonstrations meant to test the readiness of vehicles…
MilitaryAvionics for Boeing FARA Design Provide Significant Autonomy, Company Says Boeing unveiled its six-bladed main rotor/rear propulsor, single engine, tandem seating design for the U.S. Army's Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) on March 3, a blueprint that also features a "state-of-the-art cockpit…
Air TaxiAt Ohio Air Taxi Symposium, Policy Seen as Far Behind Technology COLUMBUS, Ohio — Home to a number of leading aerospace research centers and suppliers, Ohio is taking steps to ensure it will be on the leading edge of the low-altitude urban air…
ATM ModernizationSpace-based ADS-B is Coming to Eurocontrol’s Tactical Flow Management System Under a new 10-year agreement, Eurocontrol will integrate Aireon’s space-based automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) data into its enhanced tactical flow management (EFTMS) and a new system known as iNM that is currently…
Business & GAGPMS Foresight HUMS a Big Benefit for Power Line Inspection Helos, Duke Energy Says During patrol season from March to June and September to November, North Carolina-based Duke Energy uses four Bell 407 helicopters flying four and a half to six and a half hours daily…
Embedded AvionicsMaking the Case for Managing Avionics Product Obsolescence Sustainably Product obsolescence is not new to aviation, and neither are the costs and inefficiencies caused by this issue. Yet some industry experts say too often, the avionics industry fails to take a…