European Members of Parliament have approved a deal for common EU-wide safety standards for drone manufacture and operation. Under the new rules, drones would need to be designed so that they can…
Lockheed Marin chose Raytheon to develop and deliver the next-generation distributed aperture system (DAS) for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, replacing incumbent Northrop Grumman. Lockheed Martin said that the change in provider will reduce…
At the 2018 Global Connected Aircraft Summit, avionics manufacturers, suppliers and more gave their perspectives on where they see the concept of the "connected aircraft" going in the future. Below are interviews…
Pilots flying the Embraer Legacy 450 and 500 business jets are among the first to be using an augmented reality-based technology within their head-up displays (HUDs). The technology, waveguide optics, is designed…
Teledyne Controls, the flight data management business, has entered a partnership with the Chinese aircraft manufacturer COMAC to build a real-time monitoring system for latter's ARJ21 aircraft. Key to the solution is the Teledyne’s real-time…
Inmarsat has rejected an initial acquisition approach from EchoStar, Inmarsat confirmed in a statement issued late last week saying the “highly preliminary” proposal “significantly undervalued” the company. Inmarsat is one of the jewels in…
The FAA is awarding $677 million in infrastructure grants to airports around the country, U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao confirmed, as the first part of $3.18 billion in funding…
ADS-B In upgrades coming to the American Airlines Airbus A321 fleet will enable the pursuit of FAA NextGen goals. Avionics recently caught up with experts from Aviation Communication & Surveillance Systems to discuss ADS-B…