ConnectivityAre Drones the Next Frontier for Artificial Intelligence? Artificial intelligence and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies have a bright future within the aviation industry. While standard use of that technology seems like it is decades away, it could be closer…
CommercialAircraft Orders, Real-time Data Drive Growth Opportunity in Avionics Market According to a new report published by Frost & Sullivan regarding the worldwide commercial avionics market forecasted to 2030, that total market was worth $12.74 billion in 2016 and is expected to…
Embedded AvionicsSouthwest, DJI, Boeing Among Top 10 Stories of August 2017 Here are the top 10 Avionics articles from our August coverage of the latest industry news: Southwest’s 1st 737 Max 8 Due This Month; Classics Gone by October Southwest Airlines was set…
ATM ModernizationEurocontrol Report Shows Record Air Traffic in 2016 In 2016, Europe saw a record amount of air traffic, Eurocontrol said. Until last year, 2008 held the record. But Eurocontrol’s 2016 Network Manager Annual Report showed that there were 10,190,903 flights…
ATM ModernizationFAA Retires National Weather Service Area Forecast The FAA is retiring the National Weather Service Area Forecast for the contiguous U.S., the FAA said in an Information for Operators (InFO), as the service is transitioning to the Graphical Forecast for…
Embedded AvionicsDreco, Universal Synaptics Renew Fault Detection System Contract Universal Synaptics has renewed its deal with Lockheed Martin’s Dreco for a fault detection system, Lockheed Martin said. The Intermittent Fault Detection & Isolation System (IFDIS) and portable Voyager Intermittent Fault Detector…
ConnectivityIn-Flight Wi-Fi Still Under Evaluation for Some Airlines Decisions for airlines making investments in providing in-flight Wi-Fi for passengers are strongly driven by the segment of the industry they operate within, as Avionics learned at the 2017 Boyd International Aviation…
CommercialBoeing Commits Resources to Aid Hurricane Harvey Relief Efforts Boeing is committing $1 million, and perhaps more, to aid in relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. The manufacturer said it is contributing $1 million from the Boeing Charitable Trust…