Commercial10 Trending Avionics News Stories in October October has been a busy month in aviation. There have been business moves and new technology approaches that we covered in both the latest edition of Avionics magazine and our online daily content.…
MilitaryLockheed Martin F-35 Sustainment Woes Hurting Readiness The U.S. Defense Department's new fleet of Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning IIs is experiencing spare parts shortages and other sustainment problems that are hurting the readiness of the fighter jets, according to…
ConnectivityAstronics to Expand In-Flight Connectivity Portfolio with $104M Acquisition By the end of the year Telefonix Inc. and related company Product Development Technologies LLC could have a new parent company. Astronics Corp. is planning a move — worth $104 million —…
Curated ContentQatar Airways Improves Passenger App Capabilities Qatar Airways has enhanced its mobile app for ease of use for customers. The app features allow passengers to have all important information they need at their fingertips through their mobile devices.…
CommercialAirlines Electronic Engineering Committee Executives OK ARINC Standardization Efforts Eurocontrol hosted a meeting with more than 30 senior representatives from airline engineering departments, airframe manufacturers and the avionics equipment manufacturing industry. Eurocontrol said that the meeting, held at its headquarters in…
ConnectivityInmarsat, Deutsche Telekom Test In-Flight Broadband Network Inmarsat and Deutsche Telekom have successfully completed the first flight trials of satellite and complementary ground network for their European Aviation Network (EAN) service, Inmarsat said. EAN is a dedicated aviation solution…
RegulationWhite House Drone Integration Program Calls for More Test Sites, Concept Evals The White House is creating an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) integration pilot program, U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration said Wednesday. This would give the U.S. Transportation Department the power to enter into…
CommercialAirbus-Bombardier Partnership Has No Impact on Boeing Strategy While Boeing’s Commercial Airplanes business unit reported one of its most successful quarters Wednesday, most of the questions lodged at chief executive Dennis Muilenburg on the third quarter earnings call focused on…