Embedded AvionicsCheck Out The December/January 2020 Issue! Our new December/January 2020 issue is published, with five in-depth new articles focusing on all aspects of embedded computing trends currently happening across various segments of the global aviation electronics industry. In…
Air TaxiUber’s Aerial Rideshare Project ‘Entering the Next Phase’ SAN JOSE, Ca. — When Uber published a white paper in 2016 promising to build an affordable aerial rideshare service with all-electric aircraft, many viewed the project with the same seriousness as…
CommercialWizz Air Becomes First European Airline to Use SITAONAIR ACARS Over IP Wizz Air, a Budapest, Hungary-based operator of more than 100 Airbus A320s, has become Europe’s first airline to start using SITAONAIR’s aircraft communication, addressing and reporting system (ACARS) over Internet Protocol (IP),…
Air TaxiMercury Systems Unveils Multicore Processor Module for Helicopters, UAM Vehicles Mercury Systems, Inc. on Jan. 20 unveiled its EnsembleSeries™ CIOE-1390 module for helicopters and urban air mobility vehicles. The company hailed the CIOE-1390 as "the industry’s first commercially-available compute module with Intel® Atom®…
Air TaxiInterview: How Uber Views Electric VTOL Aircraft, UAM Operations and Safety Uber’s future aerial rideshare product, which it expects to launch commercially in 2023 in three cities, has gained significant ground in the past few months. The addition of automaker Hyundai and Joby…
Commercial737 MAX Special Committee Report Seeks FAA Workforce, Design Review Improvements A new 68-page report published by the independent special committee tasked with reviewing the certification process followed by the FAA and Boeing for the 737 MAX found a major need for workforce…
Embedded AvionicsInsitu CTO Talks Using Embedded and Edge Processing to Improve UAS Information Delivery The use of embedded and edge processing will improve the information delivery of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and allow them to harness the power of artificial intelligence (AI), according to a Boeing…
MilitaryCoast Guard’s MH-65 Program Enters Full Rate Production For New Configuration The Coast Guard’s MH-65 helicopter program has been approved to enter full-rate production to the “E” configuration, which will include avionics upgrades for the fleet of 98 aircraft that will run concurrently…