ATM ModernizationPay to Play: The Cost of ADS-B and Where to Find Financial Assistance When FAA published the final Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) rule in May 2010 mandating that aircraft flying in certain controlled airspace be equipped with ADS-B Out by January 1, 2020, there was…
ATM ModernizationAn Operator's Guide to Flight Tracking Solutions Flight tracking solutions have been popping up right and left since the International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO) early 2016 adoption of aircraft tracking provisions spurred by the loss of Malaysia Airlines airliner…
Business & GAThe Evolution of Civil Aviation Displays Cockpit displays, which serve as key sources of pilot situational awareness, are becoming more intuitive and easier to use. Technologies, often first used or envisioned in the military sector, will help to…
Business & GABell Orders 407GX, 412EPI Avionics Trainers for Academy Bell 412EPI. Photo: Tru Simulation + Training [Avionics Magazine 11-30-2016] Bell Helicopter’s Training Academy is set to receive avionics bench training systems for the Bell 407GX and the Bell 412EPI from Tru…
Embedded AvionicsChilean Navy P-3’s Get Avionics Upgrades with Rockwell Collins Tech Rockwell Collins’ Flight2 integrated avionics system selected for the Chilean Navy’s cockpit modernization program for its P-3 Orion Maritime Patrol Aircraft. Photo: Rockwell Collins [Avionics Magazine 11-30-2016] IMP Aerospace has selected Rockwell…
CommercialSITAONAIR Fills Flight Tracking Coverage Gaps with Aireon Data Partnership FlightAware ADS-B Coverage Map. Photo: FlightAware [Avionics Magazine 11-30-2016] Aireon and FlightAware have announced a partnership with SITAONAIR to provide Aireon’s space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) data to SITAONAIR’s airline customers when…
CommercialAstronautics BDHI Selected for Special Purpose Boeing 777-300ER [Avionics Magazine 11-30-2016] Boeing has selected Astronautics to supply its three-inch flight instrument AFI 3300 with a Bearing Distance Heading Indicator (BDHI) to provide supplemental tactical air navigation for Boeing’s Special Purpose…
CommercialWhat We Know: Charter Flight Crash Lands in Colombia, Kills 76 Rescue workers work to rescue survivors and recover bodies in the wreckage of the LAMIA Bolivia flight that crashed near Medellin, Colombia on Nov. 29. Photo: Aircraft Accident Investigation unit of the…