Business & GABombardier Adding HUD, EVS to Challenger 350 Bombardier will be offering a Rockwell Collins-supplied head-up display (HUD) and enhanced vision system (EVS) option on its Challenger 350 business jet. With the addition of the lightweight HUD to the current synthetic…
MilitaryBoeing, Embraer Plan Second Joint Venture for Defense Market Boeing moved a step closer to establishing a strategic partnership with Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer Thursday, announcing a pending $3.8 billion majority ownership stake in a commercial aircraft joint venture as well…
CommercialBoeing to Pony up Nearly $4B for Embraer Joint Venture Boeing and Embraer have signed a non-binding agreement proposing a formal joint venture under which the American giant would take control of 80% of Embraer's commercial aircraft business. Boeing and Embraer have…
ConnectivitySITA Invites Airlines to Participate in Aviation Blockchain Sandbox SITA is launching a major industry research project to explore the potential of blockchain. More than 100 IT executives, attending SITA’s recent customer innovation forum, were the first to be invited to…
Business & GAStandardAero Brings Honeywell JetWave to European Gulfstream Jets StandardAero will now be able to install Honeywell JetWave Ka-band satellite communications systems and radome equipment on Gulfstream GV/GV-SP aircraft registered in Europe after receiving an STC from EASA. The STC allows StandardAero to immediately fulfill radome…
CommercialBehind the Datalinks with UASC's Goddess of UniLink Lynn Root was sitting in her car at an intersection, preparing to turn right when two cars in front of her got into an accident. The responding officer got the “most organized”…
ATM ModernizationEuropean Airlines Not on Track to Meet 2020 ADS-B Mandate A Single European ATM Research Agency Deployment Manager (SESAR DM) report on avionics equipage rates in Europe found that only 20% of the region’s in-service commercial aircraft fleet is technologically equipped to…
Business & GAATR Tests ClearVision for Turboprop Potential ATR is evaluating the use of the ClearVision enhanced vision system in low visibility conditions. The French OEM took a prototype ATR 600 aircraft to Guernsey in June for final testing of…