CommercialICAO Stresses Global Cooperation to Oust Aviation Security Threats ​ICAO Secretary General, Fang Liu, addresses ministerial session of the United Nations Security Council. Photo: ICAO [Avionics Magazine 09-23-2016] World governments must continue to make significant efforts in order to counter evolving…
CommercialPlay the Avionics News Quiz of September 23 Commercial flight routes between the U.S. and Cuba re-opened late last month when a JetBlue passenger jet touched down on the island after Cold War-tensions stalled passenger flights for more than 51…
Embedded AvionicsDO-178C Training, Best Practices Sees Increased Demand [Avionics Today 09-23-2016] Developing software that can be certified and used for critical functions in today's aircraft is an extremely difficult task, with engineers constantly facing challenges related to cost, schedule, risk,…
CommercialDenver Airport Delves into Panasonic Avionics Weather Forecasting Denver International Airport. Photo: Panasonic Avionics [Avionics Today 09-22-2016] Panasonic Avionics’ weather division is providing ground operations weather forecasting to Denver International Airport. The company's Forecasting Center of Excellence (FCoE) provides station-based…
CommercialJetBlue Emerges as Airbus’ Maintenance Optimizer Launch Customer JetBlue Airbus A321. Photo: Airbus [Avionics Today 09-22-2016] JetBlue has become the launch customer for the first module of Airbus’ Scheduled Maintenance Optimizer, following a successful prototyping and demonstration of value. The…
Business & GAVisionsafe Emergency Vision Assurance System Approved for G280 Retrofit Rendering of the Visionsafe EVAS. Photo: Visionsafe [Avionics Today 09-22-2016] The FAA has approved Visonsafe’s Emergency Vision Assurance System (EVAS) for use on the Gulfstream G280 aircraft. The EVAS smoke protection system…
Business & GATRU Simulation + Training Offers At-Home King Air 350 Training [Avionics Today 09-22-2016] Textron subsidiary TRU Simulation + Training is now able to offer participants in its ProFlight pilot training program for King Air 350 the option to train at home through…
CommercialWTO Rules EU Failed to Stop Illegal Subsidies to Airbus Airbus A350, which the WTO ruled could not have been brought to fruition without the help of illegal EU subsidies. Photo: Airbus [Avionics Today 09-22-2016] A World Trade Organization (WTO) compliance panel…