Commercial777x: Advancing Avionics When the Boeing 777X enters commercial service in 2020, the aircraft will be equipped with the latest avionics and related systems. Some devices will be next-generation enhancements brought over from the 787
Embedded AvionicsDevelopment of Wireless Avionics Intra-Communications While avionics engineers, producers and installers busy themselves with ADS-B mandate activity, it might be an extra burden for them to focus on new developments in the industry. One is the recent…
ConnectivityEthernet Gathers Speed — But Will Fiber Catch Copper? About 30 years ago, the U.S. military thought that the 1-megbit-per-second Mil-Std-1553 data bus would suit its data communications needs for the long term. While still used — even in new airplanes…
CommercialCommercial Super Hercules Production Aircraft Makes Maiden Flight Lockheed Martin’s LM-100J commercial freighter production aircraft has completed a successful maiden flight. It followed the same test flight route over North Georgia and Alabama that all Super Hercules aircraft use, Lockheed…
CommercialAir France Replaces Manual Aircraft Data Collection with e-Aircraft Air France’s Airbus fleet is currently using Sitaonair e-Aircraft DataCapture, Sitaonair said. The solution can help airlines optimize staffing resources and reduce the time aircraft spend on the ground. Air France has…
Embedded AvionicsQinetiQ, Rockwell Collins to Develop New GNSS Receivers Under a new partnership, QinetiQ and Rockwell Collins will develop next generation multi-constellation Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receivers. Both companies see the new partnership developing a family of GNSS receivers…
ConnectivityAirbus is Using IIoT to Improve Manufacturing Airbus is using the concept of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) to improve its internal manufacturing process. According to a new article published in Forum Magazine, the Airbus internal company magazine,…
MilitaryDARPA, Boeing Spaceplane Would be New Class of Hypersonic Aircraft What do you get when you mix a business jet with a rocket? Presumably, it would result in Phantom Express, Boeing and the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Project Agency’s (DARPA) XS-1 program…