ATM Modernization

Responsibilities in the Skies: A Message from NATS

The U.K. is heading toward warmer months, and the nation's main air navigation service provider anticipates busier skies. NATS Holdings said most infringements happen in the airspace surrounding Heathrow, Luton, Stansted, Southampton, Gatwick…

Commercial

5 New Ideas From Airbus Student Competition Finalists

Airbus has narrowed the competition down to five finalists in its fifth Fly Your Ideas challenge, the company said. The five teams represent nine nationalities and eight universities across Africa, Europe and…

Embedded Avionics

How Avionics Are Becoming More Networked

Avionics data transmission rates, protocols, topologies and physical interfaces are evolving to support higher volumes of data and more sophisticated cockpit applications in new aircraft. What avionics test instrumentation companies are finding…

Commercial

AirAsia Group Signs Up for Jeppesen EFB Services

AirAsia Group affiliates are set to fly with Jeppesen electronic flight bag (EFB) services, the Boeing company said. An agreement covers six airlines based in Malaysia, Thailand, Japan, India, Indonesia and the…

ATM Modernization

Minneapolis Becomes 55th Airport to Receive Data Comm

Data communications is now live at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, the FAA said. Controllers and pilots can now transmit information, like clearances, revised flight plans and advisories, “with the touch of a…

Commercial

Boeing Invests in ‘Hybrid to Electric’ Aircraft Startup

Boeing’s newly launched venture investment division, HorizonX, along with JetBlue Technology Ventures, is investing in a Kirkland, Wash.-based startup that is pursuing the development of alternative propulsion aircraft. According to the startup’s…