MilitaryTalking Gripen E's Innovative Avionics with Saab's Development Lead Saab’s second Gripen E test aircraft, the 39-9, has entered the Swedish manufacturer’s flight test program — on the docket is its unique use of distributed integrated modular avionics (DIMA). Test aircraft 39-9…
CommercialVirgin Galactic Passes 271,000 Feet in First Space Flight Virgin Galactic’s suborbital SpaceShipTwo, the VSS Unity, soared to 271,268 feet to become the first crewed flight vehicle built for commercial passenger service to reach space. The successful SpaceShipTwo test flight marks…
CommercialAirAsia, FLYHT Agree on Services for 190 Aircraft FLYHT Aerospace Solutions reached an agreement with AirAsia to more than double the installation base for its weather and flight tracking services on the operator's fleet to 190 aircraft. FLYHT picked up…
ConnectivityViva Air Equips A320s With Teledyne Sim Service, Wireless Avionics Viva Air will equip a fleet of 50 new Airbus A320s with wireless data loading and transmission technology designed to improve aircraft health monitoring and parts loading among other aircraft electronic functionality.…
ATM ModernizationEuropean ADS-B Implementation Plan to be Finalized in January The Single European ATM Research Agency Deployment Manager (SESAR DM) is in the final stages of launching a new ADS-B implementation plan that will synchronize the air traffic, avionics equipage and ground…
Business & GAHondaJet Elite Gets Japanese Type Certification Honda Aircraft Company's latest business jet, the HondaJet Elite, has received type certification from the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau, the company announced Dec. 10. The standard HA-420 HondaJet received its first certification…
Business & GABoeing BizJets Unveils Long-Range 777X Convert Boeing is converting its 777 series airliner into a long-range, wide-body business jet. The BBJ 777-8 has a range of 11,645 nautical miles, enough to fly more than halfway around the world…
ATM ModernizationGermany to Launch Remote Airport Operations in January Germany’s first landing and take off of airplanes monitored remotely by air traffic controllers occurred at Saarbrücken Airport on Dec. 4. Both aircraft, a Luxair Bombardier DHC 8400 arriving from Luxembourg and a…