CommercialBoeing CEO Talks NMA, 777X and Production System If Boeing launches the highly anticipated new mid-market aircraft (NMA), it will be after it finishes the launch of the 777X, CEO Dennis Muilenburg said Wednesday. Speaking at a Barclays Industrial Select…
Business & GABusiness and GA Avionics Sales Total $2.7 Billion in 2018 Global sales of business and general aviation aircraft electronics were $2.7 billion in 2018, according to the latest year end avionics market report published by the Aircraft Electronics Association (AEA). That’s a…
ATM ModernizationGeneral Dynamics Wins FAA's DVARS Contract for NAS Modernization The FAA has awarded General Dynamics Information Technology a $99 million contract to help modernize the national airspace system (NAS) through work on its data, visualization, analysis and reporting system (DVARS). The FAA's…
CommercialCongressman: Would FAA Funding Bill Make Future Shutdowns 'Easy'? Rep. Garret Graves (R-La.), the ranking member on the House Subcommittee on Aviation, is concerned that a proposal to keep the FAA fully funded during any future government shutdowns would open up a can…
MilitaryINTEGRITY-178 is First FACE 3.0 Multicore Real Time Operating System A real time operating system developed by Green Hills has become the avionics industry’s first multicore system to achieve the Future Airborne Capability Environment’s (FACE) 3.0 technical standard. According to Green…
MilitaryUS Coast Guard to Upgrade H-65 Avionics The Coast Guard is set to start full-rate production of an overhaul program to extend the life of its Airbus H-65 Dolphins by 10,000 flight hours and at the same time upgrading…
Business & GAFree of C-Series, Bombardier Profits for First Time in Five Years For the first time in five years, Bombardier finished the year with a profit, earning a net income of $318 million in 2018 as the company looks to complete its turnaround. Total…
Business & GAHoneywell’s UAM Avionics: Piloted First, Autonomous in the Future Honeywell has begun developing new flight-control and detect-and-avoid systems for future urban air mobility vehicles, Mike Ingram, the company’s vice president of cockpit systems told Avionics International. Ingram, who took over as…