Commercial

Boom CEO Talks Supersonic Air Data, Antennas, Engines

Boom Supersonic is attempting to become the first company to re-launch supersonic commercial air travel since the Concorde’s final flight in October 2003. At the 2018 Farnborough International Air Show, Avionics caught…

Military

L3 to Furnish HAL Helos with FA2300 MADRAS Data Recorder

L3 Aviation Products has been selected by aircraft manufacturer Hindustan Aeronautics Limited to provide the FA2300 Modular Airborne Data Recorder/Acquisition System (MADRAS) for its advanced light helicopter and light combat helicopter production programs.…

Commercial

JetBlue Tracks Microweather with New ClimaCell Software

JetBlue has implemented the newly launched ClimaCell HyperCast Aviation microweather forecasting software across its largest cities after a pilot program beginning in 2017 at Boston's Logan Airport. ClimaCell's software finds and forecasts…

Commercial

Garmin Family Gets Sweeping Updates

Garmin Internationa is upgrading its GTN 650/750 touchscreen navigators, G500 TXi/G600 TXi and G500/G600 flight displays; GFC 500 and 600 autopilots; and G5 electronic flight instrument. “We are committed to providing pilots…

Commercial

Boeing Service Orders Top $2 B

Boeing announced services orders, contracts and agreements worth up to $2.1 billion at the Farnborough International Air Show. "Our customers' greatest needs drive Boeing's services offerings and investments," said Stan Deal, president and CEO of…

Military

Curtiss-Wright Multi-Function FDR First to Meet ED-112A

Curtiss-Wright’s Fortress family of military flight data recorders has completed all qualification testing and begun shipping to customers. They are designed to meet all current and upcoming regulations including the forthcoming CVR 25-hour mandates…

Military

Lockheed Turns Toward 'Agility' for Future F-35 Upgrades

Since the beginning of the F-35 Lightning II program, Lockheed Martin and its more than 1,600 suppliers have focused on providing technology upgrades simultaneously in massive upgrade packages. According to a program…