Embedded AvionicsNATO Conducts DVE Trials with Ruag Integrated Solutions Ruag Aviation integrated pilot assistance and helicopter safety solution was on board a Swiss Air Force Airbus Helicopters EC635 as it performed trials for NATO, Ruag says. NATO recently conducted trials at…
Regulation5 Rules for Recreational Drone Usage: Transport Canada Transport Canada has released five new recreational drone operation rules. The rules aim to enhance safety, and are effective immediately, the authority said last week. The rules are: Recreational drone operators must…
Business & GABombardier Business Aircraft Receives EASA Certification for KA-band Internet Bombardier Business Aircraft has received EASA certification for its KA-band in-flight Wi-Fi system. The company said this makes it the first original equipment manufacturer to deliver the new solution. “We are dedicated…
MilitaryF-35 Symposium Hosts 90 Senior Officers, Aircraft Experts Pacific Air Forces’ inaugural F-35 Symposium featured the largest gathering of fifth-generation warfighters in history, Pacific Air Forces said. Concluding last Friday, more than 90 senior officers and Lockheed Martin F-35 experts…
Embedded AvionicsHoneywell FANS 1/A+ Receives FAA STC for Challenger 601 Honeywell’s future air navigation system (FANS) has received a supplemental type certificate (STC) for the Bombardier Challenger 601-3A/3R, Honeywell says. This system meets FAA’s NextGen FANS1/A+ mandate. The controller pilot data link…
CommercialDLR, MUAC, Deutsche Lufthansa Conduct Emissions, Contrails tests on GEnx Engines Flight experiments have been conducted to measure emissions and contrails of General Electric’s GEnx engines during en-route cruising, Eurocontrol says. Research was done by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in close cooperation…
CommercialDrones Came Too Close to Airplanes 1,800 Times in 2016 Testimony given by Earl Lawrence, the director of the FAA’s unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) integration office, before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation on Wednesday noted pilots of…
ATM ModernizationWhite House 2018 Budget Calls for Privatization of Air Traffic Control The White House’s fiscal year 2018 Budget Blueprint calls for the privatization of air traffic control. “The President’s 2018 Budget initiates a multi-year reauthorization proposal to shift the air traffic control function…