Commercial Full 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…
ATM Modernization FAA 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…
Commercial The 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…
Commercial EFB Users Realize Airliner IT, App Growth at 2019 SAE Forum The commercial airline industry’s first uploading of information from an electronic flight bag (EFB) to an aircraft’s flight management system (FMS) was demonstrated at the…
Uncategorized Interference Poses Biggest Challenge to Using Multicore Processors in Avionics In a bid to deliver more performance from individual computer processing units (CPUs), the computer hardware industry is moving away from single-core to multi-core processors,…
Commercial Delta Upgrading IFE, Cockpit Screens After Record-Setting Quarter Delta topped 2019’s Airline Quality Rankings for the first time in nearly two decades. It has a Net Promoter Score hovering around 50 — considered…
Commercial Airlines Are Starting to Dedicate Small IT Teams to EFBs At the end of June, I attended SAE International’s EFB Users Forum for the first time, and I must say that I gained a deeper…
Commercial 737 MAX, Air Taxis and EFBs Top Avionics Articles in July We write a multitude of articles over the course of a month, and July was pretty action-packed so we wanted to give you a brief…