Editor's NoteEuropean Operators, Regulators Working on New ADS-B Implementation Plan Nearly 1,000 aircraft operating in European airspace are at risk of not being equipped with ADS-B Out avionics by the time the region’s airspace equipage mandate becomes effective next year. The European
ConnectivityADS-B: Who Will Make the FAA Deadline? Civil aviation is a $1.6-trillion-per-year industry in the U.S., and most of that money will be grounded unless aircraft are equipped with ADS-B-compliant transponders on January 1, 2020. Ground infrastructure
ConnectivityNavigating ADS-B Failures What should the pilot of an aircraft flying in en route airspace in the post 2020 world do if he or she encounters an ADS-B failure notification? The answer to that question…
ConnectivityA Roadmap to Flight Deck Interval Management A coordinated effort involving NASA, the FAA, and the aviation industry could make the use of an exciting new airport arrival concept — Flight Deck Interval Management (FIM) — a reality in…
ConnectivitySpace-Based ADS-B: Going Live in the North Atlantic Airspace On February 7, 2019, Aireon took full control over the final six ADS-B payloads from Iridium for its space-based ADS-B surveillance system. Effectively, this marks a redesign of traditional ground-based ADS-B
MilitaryPortuguese Air Force Brings Flight2 Architecture to C-130 Cockpits The Portuguese Air Force is upgrading its C-130 Hercules fleet with new cockpit displays, flight management systems and an open systems embedded avionics architecture. Under a new contract issued to Collins…
CommercialBritish Airways Buys Boeing 777-9 Haul Worth up to $18.6 Billion Boeing will sell a minimum of 18 777-9 jets to British Airways in a deal with options that could have a value of $18.6 billion by list prices. The deal is with…
Embedded AvionicsNorthrop to Develop Open-Architecture Embedded GPS for USAF The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman a $59 million contract to develop an embedded GPS system for the F-22 Raptor and other aircraft. The embedded GPS/INS-modernization (EGI-M) program will be…
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