Business & GAGarmin Receives FAA Approval for GTX ADS-B Helicopter Installs [Avionics Magazine 11-16-2016] Garmin International has received Supplemental Type Certification from the FAA for the installation of the GTX 345 ADS-B In/Out and GTX 335 Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast Out (ADS-B Out)…
ConnectivityViaSat Acquires Arconics for Connected Aircraft Software and More [Avionics 11-15-2016] California-based provider of global broadband services, ViaSat, has announced a new agreement to acquire aviation software solutions provider Arconics. The acquisition comes following recent years where Arconics and ViaSat had…
CommercialSupersonic Avionics to Fly on ‘Baby Boom’ in 2017 [Avionics Magazine 11-15-2016] On Tuesday, pilot, former Amazon executive and current Boom CEO Blake Scholl unveiled the XB-1 Supersonic Demonstrator, a subscale prototype of Boom’s supersonic passenger airliner aircraft dubbed the “Baby…
Business & GALockheed Helicopters, UAS Validate Firefighting and SAR Ops [Avionics Magazine 11-15-2016] Lockheed Martin demonstrated for the first time how its suite of optionally-piloted helicopters and small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (SUAS) can work together to successfully locate and extinguish fires, pinpoint…
CommercialGE Aviation, Teledyne Sign Digital Engine Monitoring Partnership [Avionics Magazine 11-15-2016] Teledyne Controls and GE Aviation have signed a strategic Digital Alliance partnership to transform engine health monitoring by using GE’s Predix platform to apply data and analytics on continuous…
ATM ModernizationNew SESAR2020 Project Aims to Optimize Airspace Operations [Avionics Magazine 11-15-2016] The Single European Sky ATM Research Joint Undertaking’s (SESAR JU) SESAR2020 program is preparing to begin the “Optimized Airspace Users Operations” project. The project aims to improve processes for…
CommercialOntic Acquires Part of GE Aviation’s Avionics Business [Avionics Magazine 11-14-2016] BBA Aviation subsidiary Ontic, a provider of extended life solutions for Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) legacy aviation products, has reached an agreement to acquire a portfolio of legacy avionics…
Business & GADassault Falcon Combined Vision System Achieves EASA, FAA Certification [Avionics Magazine 11-14-2016] The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) have awarded certification for the Dassault Falcon 2000S and LXS FalconEye Combined Vision System (CVS). According to…