ConnectivityDisruptive Approaches to Automated Test Equipment In 2019, automated test and airborne data loading technology is being disrupted by the introduction of never seen before technological concepts, including the world’s first cockpit control panel robot
Editor's NoteHow Will Europe Fix the Flight Delay Problem? Between March and April, I attended two events in Europe. The first being the Aerospace Technology Week in Munich, Germany and a month later I attended the 2019 annual Airlines annual Airlines…
ATM ModernizationEurocontrol: SESAR Outline 2035 Vision of Air Traffic Management Speaking at the Aviation Day conference on April 12, 2019 in Bucharest, Romania, Attar Husain Khan, secretary general for EBAA, called for improvement upon Europe’s poor performance on air traffic delays
ATM ModernizationAUVSI 2019: Unmanned Air Taxis and Commerical UAS Airspace Integration The FAA wasn’t ready for drones, according to its executive director for unmanned aircraft, Jay Merkle. But the Administration learned over the last several years, and it is determined not to make…
CommercialElectric Taxiing Systems: Past, Present and the Possible Future On average, a single-aisle jet burns more than 65 gallons of fuel while taxiing, which translates to almost $130 per flight (considering the price of jet fuel at $2 per gallon) and…
ConnectivityHow DO-326 and ED-202 Are Becoming Mandatory for Airworthiness The recent European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) “proposal” of cybersecurity amendments to aircraft and systems electronic networks and systems certification — combined with lower profile, but very real
CommercialAir France KLM Head of Strategy Talks Predictive Maintenance at AEEC/AMC 2019 PRAGUE - The commercial airline industry is still trying to find the sweet spot between engineering expertise and reliance upon the algorithms embedded within data analytics platforms that can predict when a…
UnmannedShould Air Taxis Be Unmanned from the Jump? For urban air mobility to succeed — at scale — the industry will need to answer a question: What will it do about pilots? Ultimately, many entrants to the air taxi game want autonomy…