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…
CommercialKratos Wins Contract for Unmanned Aerial Drone Systems Kratos Unmanned Aerial Target Systems. Photo: Kratos [Avionics Magazine 12-01-2016] Kratos Defense & Security Solutions’ Unmanned Systems Division (USD) has won a contract award from an unnamed source for multiple high performance…
CommercialIdeaNova Launches Avionics Industry-Focused Data Analysis Tool Diagram of the InShow data analysis tool for avionics media streaming. Photo: IdeaNova [Avionics Magazine 12-01-2016] In-Flight Entertainment (IFE) solutions provider IdeaNova Technologies has launched Inshow, a data analysis tool focused specifically…
Business & GAFlybe Signs on for Jeppesen EFB, Adds SID/STARS Charts Flybe aircraft on runway. Photo: Flybe [Avionics Magazine 12-01-2016] European regional airline Flybe has signed a three-year renewal agreement Jeppesen to provide digital charting and Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) services for the…
MilitaryLockheed’s T-50A APT Offering Kicks off Operations Lockheed Martin/KAI T-50-A. Photo: Lockheed Martin [Avionics Magazine 12-01-2016] With the initial test flight taking place on Nov. 19, the Lockheed Martin T-50A has begun operations in Greenville, South Carolina. Lockheed Martin/Korean…
ATM ModernizationCalling on Avionics' Brightest This year, I am calling on the avionics industry’s brightest minds to submit white papers and case studies that you believe can solve some of the industry’s biggest challenges. As always in…
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…