RegulationEASA Issues First Space-based ADS-B Surveillance as a Service Certification The European Aviation Safety Agency has certified Aireon as a new air navigation service provider (ANSP) for its space-based ADS-B surveillance, the first of its kind certification ever issued by the civil…
CommercialBoeing Invests in Global Drone MRO Network with an Eye Toward UAM Repair Boeing's HorizonX investment arm has led a funding round for Robotic Skies, a worldwide brokered network of regulator-certified MRO stations for unmanned aircraft. The two companies last year pledged to work together,…
ConnectivitySmartSky's 5G-Ready ATG Network Clears Critical Certification Threshold SmartSky Networks is months away from seeing its air-to-ground (ATG) 4G LTE in-flight connectivity network operating on passenger carrying flights. The ATG aircraft internet service provider’s network is also already using…
CommercialWing Slat Track Woes: Boeing's 737 MAX Issues Mount Boeing discovered improperly manufactured slat tracks that were delivered to its factory to be put on 737 MAX and 737 NG planes, affecting up to 148 parts and 312 aircraft worldwide. The…
CommercialHoneywell Shrinks Fly-By-Wire System for Air Taxi Market Honeywell is bringing its commercial aircraft fly-by-wire system to the urban air mobility (UAM) market, and the aerospace company is packaging it into a box the size of a book. "For UAM,…
ConnectivityHow Lockheed is Using Intermittent Detection to Diagnose Fighter Jet Faults It’s called an intermittent fault, and mounting frustration with equipment that “fails in a working environment” but shows nothing wrong when pulled for testing led the DoD to start a joint service
CommercialAirlines are Increasingly Connecting Artificial Intelligence to Their MRO Strategies Airlines based in the U.S., Europe and Asia have been quietly adopting AI tools in the form of intelligent agents for data modeling and simulation to the use of cognitive computing. The…
ConnectivityAI for Airplanes? June 11th will mark the start of the sixth annual Global Connected Aircraft Summit, and it really is fascinating how the evolution and changes in the content featured in this year’s program…