CommercialBoeing Gets FAA Certification for 737 MAX 9 The Boeing 737 MAX 9 is certified for commercial service thanks to an amended type certificate granted by the FAA, Boeing has announced. The 737 MAX 9 raises capacity compared to the…
ConnectivityAir Esurfing Taps Astronics for Chinese Connectivity STC Contract Astronics Corp. will equip up to 300 Airbus A320s and Boeing 737s for Chinese airlines, developing an STC for antennae and a Validation STC for the cabin distribution system as part of…
Business & GABombardier's 2017 Earnings Report Looks to 2018 for Growth Bombardier has released its fourth quarter and full year 2017 results. The results across 2017 weren’t great in terms of revenue, but the company indicated that it has a lot to be…
ATM ModernizationSESAR Exploring Augmented-Reality Tech to Aid ATM RETINA: Resilient Synthetic Vision for Advanced Control Tower Air Navigation Service Provision. The letters don't quite line up, but that is what Single European Sky ATM Research is calling its latest research…
CommercialInvestigators Point to Defective Speed Readings in An-148 Crash Russian aviation accident investigators have released preliminary analysis of the possible cause of the fatal Saratov Airlines Antonov An-148 flight that crashed outside of Moscow Sunday. After reviewing data retrieved from the…
ConnectivityGogo Ready to Leverage SES-15 For Better In-Flight Connectivity Satellite operator SES’s first high-throughput satellites providing Ku-band spot-beam capacity came online last month, and Gogo is the first to utilize the new capabilities. The in-flight internet company has more than 200…
Military‘Dragon Lady’ Pilots Get Wrist-Mounted Nav by Garmin The U.S. Air Force has selected the Garmin D2 Charlie watch for inclusion in the toolkits of Lockheed U-2 “Dragon Lady” reconnaissance aircraft pilots. The D2 Charlie features GPS and wide-area augmentation…
MilitaryGeneral Atomics Opens Up About its MQ-25 Submission General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) has revealed information on its entry to the U.S. Navy’s call for submissions for an MQ-25A Stingray unmanned aerial tanker, including a plethora of partnerships. GA-ASI…