Commercial

2017 Avionics Mandates: Changes, Dates and Requirements

  [Avionics Magazine 12-29-2016] In 2017, civil aviation regulators and agencies from around the world have established several avionics equipage mandates for airspace users. Over the last year, several civil aviation authorities…

Military

USAF Shows Interest in New Unmanned Sensors

[Avionics Magazine 12-28-2016] The U.S. Air Force is seeking aerospace and defense industry proposals on low cost Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) sensor technologies. According to a Request for Information (RFI) released…

Commercial

7 Significant 2016 Aerospace Mergers and Acquisitions 

[Avionics Magazine 12-28-2016] 2016 was a significant year for consolidation, partnerships and merger and acquisition activity across various segments of the aerospace industry. Here, we look back at some of the biggest…

Commercial

Russia Confirms Recovery of Crashed Tu-154 FDR 

[Avionics Magazine 12-28-2016] Russia’s Ministry of Defense has confirmed the recovery of the Flight Data Recorder (FDR) by the team investigating the recent crash of a Tupolev Tu-154 plane in the Black…

Commercial

Delta Cancels Dreamliner Order Placed in 2005 

[Avionics Magazine 12-28-2016] Delta Air Lines reached an agreement with Boeing to cancel an order for 18 787 Dreamliners that was originally placed by Northwest Airlines in 2005. Delta assumed the order…

Commercial

Colombia Plane Crash Caused by Human Error 

[Avionics Magazine 12-27-2016] Civil aviation regulators say last month’s plane crash in Colombia that killed 71 people was the result of errors committed by the pilot, charter plane operator and Bolivian aviation…

Commercial

Russian Aviation Authority Discovers New Flaw in Superjets

  [Avionics Magazine 12-27-2016] The Russian Federal Air Transport Agency (FATA) has issued a major new Airworthiness Directive impacting the in-service fleet of Superjet100 (SSJ100) aircraft. According to the AD issued on…