CommercialAllegiant's Director of Engineering Talks 2020 Fleet Plans Allegiant Air is one of many U.S.-based commercial airlines that is in the process of equipping its fleet of aircraft to comply with the FAA's Jan. 1, 2020, ADS-B Out equipage mandate.…
CommercialFedEx Could Purchase 50 New Aircraft in Feeder Modernization Effort FedEx Express is ready to modernize its fleet of feeder aircraft. The company said it has completed a purchase agreement with ATR to purchase up to 50 aircraft. The agreement says that…
CommercialSingapore Airlines Rolls Out Airbus A380 Cabin Singapore Airlines is the world’s first carrier to operate the Airbus A380, according to the manufacturer. A new cabin is being rolled out across its entire fleet. “Singapore Airlines set new industry…
CommercialASG Obtains STC for Boeing 737 ADS-B Avionics Support Group has obtained a new supplemental type certificate (STC) for Boeing 737s, including the -600/-700/-800/-900 series models. Under the new STC, ASG has obtained approval to install the Rockwell Collins…
CommercialUber Air Taxi Effort Recruits NASA to Develop ATM Concepts, Reports Say Reports about “flying cars” are flooding in from mainstream media, originating from Lisbon, Portugal. Uber CPO Jeff Holden reportedly made two announcements during the annual Web Summit: The Uber Elevate initiative is…
CommercialBoeing 757 Testing Shows Airplanes Vulnerable to Hacking, DHS Says A team of government, industry and academic officials successfully demonstrated that a commercial aircraft could be remotely hacked in a non-laboratory setting last year, a U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official…
ATM ModernizationNATS Taps Altran for iFACTS Successor NATS has awarded a contract to Altran for the development of a next-generation air traffic control detection tool. Called “FourSight,” the tool would succeed NATS’ iFACTS system. IFACTS, introduced in 2011, predicts…
ConnectivityNew Inmarsat Program Supports Certification of Third-Party Apps on SB-S Inmarsat has launched a program to certify third-party commercial applications for use on its SwiftBroadband-Safety (SB-S) platform. The company said the program, called “Certified Application Provider Programme,” is open to established application…
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