Business & GANew Online Tool Could Make Aircraft Buying, Selling More Transparent Guardian Jet has launched an online asset management/brokerage software that could change the way aircraft are bought and sold, according to the company. Vault 2.0 provides real-time aircraft information and allows for…
CommercialWill Regulators Approve Airbus-Bombardier C Series Partnership? Airbus said Monday that it will acquire a 50% stake in Bombardier’s C Series program, which will potentially have major implications across the commercial aviation industry. Under the agreement, Airbus will provide “procurement,…
ATM ModernizationEurocontrol's Database Can Help Prep for PBN Deployment Eurocontrol said that its communication, navigation and surveillance (CNS) dashboard already has 244 users. Since its public release in April, it has gained 84 air navigation service providers, 12 airports, 17 operators…
MilitaryUS Army Gives Lockheed Martin $12M for Sensor Fusion Work The U.S. Army has tapped Lockheed Martin to develop a multi-modal sensor fusion (MMSF) testbed for rotorcraft, Lockheed Martin said. Worth $12 million, the contract is under the Army’s Night Vision and…
ConnectivityStudy Sees 162% Jump in In-Flight Broadband Revenue Over Decade Broadband-related in-flight revenue could grow from $3.86 billion next year to $66.56 billion by 2028, a new study by the London School of Economics and Political Science projects. The study, done in…
ConnectivityClosing the Gap: A New Way of Using SwiftBroadband in Cabin, Cockpit While business and commercial aircraft operators already have expressed interest in the use of internet protocol (IP) for flight operations and maintenance purposes, the concept has not yet become widespread. At NBAA…
ATM ModernizationNATS SESAR 2020 Sims Show Other Ways to Calculate Separation Simulations hosted by NATS under the Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) 2020 program have showed that some of Europe’s busiest airports could be made more efficient, according to the SESAR Joint…
RegulationDrone Hits Passenger Airplane in Canada A Skyjet Aviation flight collided with an unmanned aircraft system while the passenger airplane was on approach to Jean Lesage International Airport in Québec City. Marc Garneau, Canada’s minister of transport, called…