Commercial

Spire Releases CubeSat-Based Flight Tracking Solution

[Avionics Magazine 12-06-2016] Spire is introducing a space-based global aircraft tracking service called Spire AirSafe, which will capture and provide the location of all Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) equipped planes. Spire said…

Military

LDRA, Richland Partner to Standardize Embedded Avionics Software

[Avionics Magazine 12-6-2016] Embedded computing solutions provider Richland Technologies (RTL), and software standards compliance company LDRA have announced a new close-working relationship resulting in standard methodologies across multiple industries. The cooperative relationship…

ATM Modernization

Yoshimura Appointed New ICAO Air Navigation President

[Avionics Magazine 12-5-2016] The Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has unanimously appointed Commissioner Hajime Yoshimura to a one-year term as President of the ICAO Air Navigation Commission (ANC), the…

ATM Modernization

New Zealand to Deploy New ADS-B Network

[Avionics Magazine 12-5-2016] New Zealand Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP) Airways New Zealand has selected Thales to deploy a nationwide Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) network. Thales will add ADS-B ground stations…

Business & GA

Lufthansa Systems to Develop New Navigation Map Technology

[Avionics Magazine 12-5-2016] Lufthansa Systems is currently developing dynamic navigation maps for its Lido/Navigation product line. The company expects to complete a fully dynamic map solution by 2019.      Lufthansa Systems’…