MilitaryGenesys' Electronic Flight Instrument System Achieves Military Certification Used for flight path accuracy and awareness in such operations as law enforcement, helicopter emergency medical services, and offshore oil and gas, the Genesys Aerosystems' 3D Synthetic Vision IDU Electronic Flight Instrument…
ConnectivityQatar Airways Talks AI, IFEC and Satellites Qatar Airways, which was only launched in 1997, is one of the world’s fastest growing airlines and a pioneer in terms of in-flight connectivity (IFC). I recently caught up with Ashi Hoseini,…
CommercialPODCAST: How Air Canada is Using A New Data Analytics Platform On the latest episode of the Global Connected Aircraft podcast, I spoke with Air Canada's Shaul Shalev and Sisense CEO Amir Orad about how airlines can use data analytics to improve the…
CommercialFAA Officials Refute Criticism of Certification Process for 737 MAX Top FAA officials told U.S. senators during a hearing Wednesday that their oversight of the process for certifying the Boeing 737 MAX was as stringent as it is for every other…
ATM ModernizationADS-B Installations See Significant Increase With an FAA implementation mandate for Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast Out by Jan. 1 next year firmly in place, and second and third generation systems available in numbers, installations of ADS-B are…
CommercialFull Flight Simulators Incorporate VR for Next Generation of Pilots Modern full-flight simulators are so realistic that a student pilot can learn to fly from scratch in the virtual world and step directly into an aircraft for real-world, leave-the-ground checkout flights. High-fidelity…
ATM ModernizationFAA Chooses Enhanced ADS-C Over Space-Based ADS-B for Oceanic Airspace A July report published by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) found it would be significantly more cost-effective for the FAA to use a faster version of the existing automatic dependent surveillance-contract…
CommercialThe Role of Moded Input Devices in Airliner Accidents There is no debate whether modern avionics have substantially improved safety and operational efficiency, but functionality has increased, the role of input devices has quietly changed. A recent cross-cutting study published in…