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Scaled Composites to Help Build Prototype of Skyworks' VertiJet VTOL

Gyronautics company Skyworks is teaming up with Northrop Grumman subsidiary Scaled Composites to build a prototype of its VertiJet vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft, the companies announced Monday. The VertiJet will have an estimated top…

Connectivity

Compendium of Avionics Memory Characteristics for Forensic Purposes

Transportation accident scenes are a mess. When field investigators arrive on scene they may be faced with an array of issues including dangerously bent metal, human remains, uncooperative weather and other challenging…

Connectivity

Behind the Screens: Developing Flight Controls for Bell’s Nexus Air Taxi

Designing flight controls for a new helicopter usually begins with the traditional layout of a collective lever to the left, cyclic between the pilot’s legs and two rudder pedals on the floor.…

Commercial

GCAS 2019: Airlines Navigate Connected Business Models, Apps and Services

In 2019, in-flight (IFC) connectivity technology is at a generational standstill, leaving airlines and the service providers and equipment suppliers they work with to optimize the business models, data transmissions and performance…

Connectivity

Can Virtualization Help Future-Proof the Next Generation of Avionics Systems?

Aerospace systems integrators and manufacturers are looking to use future-proofing concepts such as virtualization to build more flexibility into aircraft systems architectures. Engineering leadership from three companies — Core Avionics, Wind River,…

Connectivity

Connected Cockpit Applications Expand

This year, Avionics International and Via Satellite hosted the sixth annual Global Connected Aircraft Summit, and one of the topics that continuously gets the most audience engagement and remains an elusive, but…

Unmanned

Lt. Governor Seeks Lead Role For North Carolina in Air Taxi Industry

The lieutenant governor of North Carolina is requesting funds to study how his state can become a key destination for the emerging urban air mobility (UAM) industry. The budget proposal put forth…

ATM Modernization

Space-based ADS-B ALERT Service Goes Live in Ireland

The aviation industry’s first-ever public global aircraft emergency locating service, Aireon ALERT, has begun live operations out of Ireland’s Ballygirreen communications base. Aireon ALERT provides registered aircraft operators, aviation regulators and search-and-rescue…

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Scaled Composites to Help Build Prototype of Skyworks' VertiJet VTOL

Connectivity

Compendium of Avionics Memory Characteristics for Forensic Purposes

Connectivity

Behind the Screens: Developing Flight Controls for Bell’s Nexus Air Taxi

Commercial

GCAS 2019: Airlines Navigate Connected Business Models, Apps and Services

Connectivity

Can Virtualization Help Future-Proof the Next Generation of Avionics Systems?

Connectivity

Connected Cockpit Applications Expand

Unmanned

Lt. Governor Seeks Lead Role For North Carolina in Air Taxi Industry

ATM Modernization

Space-based ADS-B ALERT Service Goes Live in Ireland