ATM ModernizationFAA Renews ATC Coms Contract with Rockwell Collins Rockwell Collins center for providing the FAA with ATC communications between the FAA and aircraft flying in U.S. oceanic airspace. Photo: Rockwell Collins [Avionics Today 10-03-2016] The FAA has renewed its Aeronautical…
CommercialAirbus and Indonesia Launch Long-Term Green Aviation Partnership Soekarno–Hatta International Airport, the busiest in Indonesia and Southeast Asia. Photo: Wikimedia [Avionics Today 10-03-2016] Airbus and the Indonesian Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) have launched a long-term partnership to reduce…
CommercialNASA, France Collaborate on Reducing Aircraft Noise Pollution Jaiwon Shin, associate administrator of NASA’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate, signed an agreement on Sept. 27, 2016, with Bruno Sainjon, president and chief executive officer of the French Aerospace Lab (ONERA) to…
CommercialChinese IT Company Implements Flyht’s Real-Time Data on Embraer Aircraft [Avionics Today 10-03-2016] Flyht Aerospace Solutions has entered into an agreement with an unnamed Information Technology (IT) company that implements data solutions for Chinese commercial aviation operators in the People's Republic of…
ATM ModernizationEurope, US Making Progress on Air to Ground Data Comm Harmonization [Avionics Magazine 10-04-2016] Experts working on the harmonization of commercial air-to-ground aircraft data communications for operators flying between the U.S. and Europe presented some of the progress on their latest collaborative research…
ConnectivityAvionics for Progress-Gen In September, we hosted our fifth-annual Avionics for NextGen conference, which provided in-depth examples of major progress with the deployment phases of the world’s two largest Communications, Navigation and Surveillance (CNS) Air…
ConnectivityCapitalizing on the Advent of Cockpit Connectivity With Wi-Fi in the passenger cabin now commonplace for today’s traveling public, the cockpit represents the next major aircraft domain for IP connectivity to make its mark. From real-time weather updates…
ATM ModernizationComing Off the Production Line: Is Your Aircraft’s GPS Receiver Accurate Enough for ADS-B? Among the many initiatives of its NextGen air traffic modernization program, the FAA is transitioning away from the traditional reliance on radar surveillance in restricted airspace toward primary Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast…