CommercialCan IBM’s Watson Fit in the Cockpit of the Future? [Avionics Magazine 11-29-2016] IBM’s cognitive super computer system technology Watson has already proven itself capable of winning Jeopardy and identifying treatments for cancer, but is it ready to tell pilots what to…
CommercialEuropean Aviation Network Completes First Test Flights European Aviation Network testing at Nokia Stuttgart with onboard equipment. Photo: Nokia [Avionics Magazine 11-28-2016] The European Aviation Network (EAN) has reached a significant milestone today after Inmarsat, Deutsche Telekom and its…
CommercialAegean Airlines Ups Operational Efficiency with Rockwell Collins Data Link Coms Aegean Airlines A320ceo. Photo: Airbus [Avionics Magazine 11-28-2016] Aegean Airlines has selected Rockwell Collins to provide air-to-ground data link communications using the copmany’s ARINC Globalink technology. By implementing Globalink, Agean Airlines aims…
ATM ModernizationEASA Strikes New SESAR Cooperation Agreement EASA Executive Director Patrick Ky and SJU Executive Director Florian Guillermet signing the new SESAR MoC. Photo: EASA [Avionics Magazine 11-28-2016] On Nov. 23, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) signed a…
CommercialFirst A350-1000 Makes Premier Flight First A350-1000 test flight crew. Photo: Airbus [Avionics Magazine 11-28-2016] The first of three A350-1000 development aircraft to fly landed at Toulouse-Blagnac Airport France on Nov. 24, successfully completing its first flight,…
Business & GAAustralia Extends ADS-B Deadline on Private Aircraft [Avionics Magazine 11-28-2016] Australia’s civil aviation regulator, the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA), has formally announced a delay in its airspace mandated regulations regarding Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast Out (ADS-B Out) technology.…
CommercialNew Study Projects ‘Drone Market Boom’ in Europe [Avionics Magazine 11-23-2016] A new study published by the Single European Sky ATM Research Joint Undertaking (SESAR JU), estimates that by 2050 there will be a fleet of 400,000 commercially operated Unmanned…
ATM ModernizationNAV Canada to Invest $170 Million in Airspace Infrastructure [Avionics Magazine 11-23-2016] Canadian Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP) Nav Canada has announced plans to increase its capital expenditures next year to invest $170 million in Air Traffic Control (ATC), airport advisory…