Embedded AvionicsAEE to Analyze Major Avionics Industry Trends in Munich Heads-up display (HUD) technology using three-dimensional aircraft windshield projection, RNP to xLS and avionics systems architectures of future air transport aircraft are just a few of the avionics concepts and technologies that will…
MilitaryUAC's Sukhoi Begins Flight Tests of 'Baguette' Replacement for PAK-FA A division of United Aircraft Corp.’s (UAC) Sukhoi has begun flight tests of a new computing system for the T-50 (PAK-FA), UAC said. This new system would replace 2004’s “Baguette” system. It…
ATM ModernizationRockwell Collins Adjusts Fiscal 2017 Financial Guidance Post-B/E Aerospace Acquisition The second quarter of fiscal year 2017 has been a good one for Rockwell Collins. The company reported a 2% increase in reported sales compared to the same quarter last year, at…
Business & GALondon Oxford Airport Spots Trend in Larger Business Jets London Oxford Airport said, according to data from WINGX and Eurocontrol, it finished 2016 as the sixth-busiest London airport for business and general aviation, and it entered the new year as the…
Business & GATextron Firm on Aircraft Prices, Even After Slow Q1 Textron’s first quarter 2017 financial results showed revenues of $3.1 billion, down 3.4% from the first quarter of 2016. However, Textron Chairman and CEO Scott C. Donnelly said the results are “consistent…
ConnectivityFacebook’s Aquila Progresses, but New Helicopter Solution Could Precede Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg told the crowd at the company’s annual global developer conference, F8, that a team in Arizona was currently preparing for the second flight of Aquila. Its first flight took…
Embedded AvionicsAirbus Calls for Entries for Diversity Award for Engineering The nomination period has started for the 2017 Airbus Diversity Award. Entries for this fifth annual award can be made for an individual, or team, working with or in an engineering college…
CommercialVirgin America First to Get Airbus A321neo The first-ever Airbus A321neo (new engine options) has been delivered, Airbus said. Virgin America, which operates Airbus aircraft exclusively, received an aircraft powered by CFM International’s LEAP-1A engines during a ceremony in…