The Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS) will not disappear in 2025 — or 2030 for that matter. Today, ACARS is well known by flight operations engineers as the character-based messaging…
Honeywell and FlightAware formed a new partnership aimed at providing flight-tracking support to business jet owners and operations control centers. Under the partnership, Honeywell’s GoDirect Flight Services will have access to FlightAware’s…
The FAA has issued 63 means of compliance (MOCs) for owners of Part 23 aircraft. According to the agency, the new MOCs will enable faster installation of innovative, safety-enhancing technologies into small…
Australia’s CH-47 Chinook heavy-lift helicopters will receive avionics upgrades and extended maintenance support under a new performance-based logistics deal cut with Rockwell Collins. The agreement extends to 2020 and calls for Rockwell…
In mid-May, news surfaced that in-flight entertainment and connectivity (IFEC) provider Global Eagle would facilitate Telesat in designing and testing its low-Earth orbit (LEO) constellation. This tie-up, which effectively made Global Eagle the first IFEC player…
Margaret Jenny, president of the Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics (RTCA), will retire at the end of her current five-year contract. Jenny has informed RTCA’s board of directors that she will step…
Major aviation industry OEMs are developing supersonic airframes with the goal of re-introducing supersonic flight to passenger carrying aircraft by mid- to late-2020s. Thommen Aircraft CEO Stéphane Jaquier discussed how one of the key…
Air Canada has begun offering next-generation, satellite connectivity on its wide-body international fleet with the introduction of Air Canada Wi-Fi provided by Gogo. Starting with its Boeing 777-300ER flights, the new service makes allows Air Canada…