Embedded AvionicsNew Development Tool Could Bring Multi-Touch to Cockpit Displays A new avionics development platform could bring multi-touch capabilities to aircraft cockpit display screens. The platform, jointly developed by Wind River, CoreAVI and Presagis, brings the utility of an iOS or Android…
CommercialInsitu Packages Remote-Sensing Services for Commercial Market Boeing subsidiary Insitu is packaging the remote-sensing and information-delivery products and services of it and its parent as a suite of offerings for commercial customers seeking unmanned systems-based solutions to their…
Business & GAAirbus Air Taxi On Schedule for First Flight in 2017 Airbus A³, the advanced projects branch of Airbus Group based in Silicon Valley, will need improvements in computer processing capabilities to make its Vahana autonomous air taxi a reality by 2020. Arne…
CommercialThomas Cook Selects GoDirect for Fleet Following Success in Copenhagen Thomas Cook Group, as a whole, is now a customer for Honeywell’s GoDirect Fuel Efficiency software, Honeywell said. The product can provide the airline with data analysis, reporting and monitoring tools for…
Business & GAEuropean Business Aviation in the Midst of Growth, EBAA Says The new CEO of the European Business Aviation Assn. (EBAA), Brandon Mitchener, said traffic numbers are reaching heights unseen in several years, the association said. "We’ve now had six months of steady growth…
Embedded AvionicsDassault Grant Funds New STEM Training A nonprofit STEM promoter will use new funding from Dassault Systèmes’ U.S. Foundation to launch a pilot workforce development initiative in the next few months aimed at training the next generation of…
Business & GANew US Forecast Tool Could Cut Bizjet Delays The U.S. National Weather Service has introduced a new product that could help business aircraft operators better deal with potential air traffic control delays caused by thunderstorms, according to the National…
CommercialUPS to Upgrade Boeing 757, 767 Cockpits UPS is bringing Boeing 787-style cockpit avionics displays to its fleet of legacy 757s and 767s under a new avionics display upgrade program. Large-screen displays will replace 26 current line replaceable units,…
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