Connectivity

Are You Ready for August 1, 2018?

At publication, there are 20 months remaining until the FAA’s Jan. 1, 2020, ADS-B Out equipage deadline. But there’s another crucial date associated with ADS-B coming up this year. By Aug. 1,…

Commercial

Avionics for 2020s eVTOL and Supersonic Aircraft

According to AHS International, more than 50 companies around the world are in the process of researching and developing electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. The majority of these concepts

Embedded Avionics

Smart Sensors Expand in Variety, Scope

As the aviation industry drives toward predictive maintenance and operational and aftermarket efficiencies, intelligent sensors have expanded in variety and scope. Meanwhile the overall defense and aerospace

Military

EMARSS: The Hawker Beechcraft Turned Spy Plane

Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft, i.e. platforms, are sorted according to many metrics — intel-gathering sensors, form-factor, size, configuration, endurance (“loiter time”)

Commercial

Etihad's International ADS-B Upgrade Strategy

At the 2018 AMC/AEEC annual conference, an ADS-B symposium allowed Avionics to gain a first-person perspective on ADS-B mandate compliance upgrades from an Etihad Airways engineer that is on the ground dealing

Military

Lockheed Taps BAE for F-35 Electronic Warfare

Lockheed Martin has awarded BAE Systems a five-year deal to manage the AN/ASQ-239 electronic warfare (EW) system for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter. Under the contract, announced Tuesday, BAE will handle supply…