CommercialAFI KLM E&M Beefs Up Logistics in Asia Pacific with Kuala Lumpur Center AFI KLM E&M maintenance technician. Photo: AFI KLM E&M [Avionics Magazine 12-02-2016] AFI KLM Engineering and Maintenance (E&M) has inaugurated the company’s new Kuala Lumpur Materials and Logistics Service Center. The facility…
ATM ModernizationUK Coalition Warns of Major Delays without Modernization Radar. Photo: NATS [Avionics Magazine 12-02-2016] A coalition representing airports, airlines and air traffic control, known as the Sky’s the Limit Group, has warned of major flight delays unless widespread changes can…
CommercialAir Tanzania Orders $200 Million in Bombardier Commercial Aircraft Bombardier Q400. Photo: Bombardier [Avionics Magazine 12-02-2016] The United Republic of Tanzania represented by the Tanzanian Government Flight Agency (TGFA) has signed firm purchase agreements for two Bombardier Commercial CS300 jetliners and…
MilitaryRockwell Collins Teams with Bluedrop Training for Joint Simulation Training Solutions Bluedrop cockpit training simulation. Photo: Bluedrop Training and Simulation [Avionics Magazine 12-02-2016] Rockwell Collins and Bluedrop Training and Simulation Inc. (BTSI) have signed an agreement that will allow the companies to jointly…
CommercialRocket Start-Up Plans to Offer Hypersonic Flight by 2019 GOLauncher test vehicle desert landing. Photo: Generation Orbit [Avionics Magazine 12-01-2016] A new satellite launch company could be well on its way to making hypersonic travel a reality before the end of the…
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…
CommercialColombian Plane Crash Black Boxes Found, Authorities Point to Loss of Fuel Flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder recovered from the wreckage of LaMia Bolivia airlines flight 2933. Photo: Aerocivil Colombia [Avionics Magazine 12-01-2016] “Staff from [the Colombian Aviation Authority] located two black…