Business & GAJetSmarter, XOJet Join Forces to Deliver Real-Time Charter Booking Apps XOJet. Photo: XOJet [Avionics Magazine 09-20-2016] Provider of on-demand private jet charter services XOJET has announced a strategic alliance with private jet online marketplace JetSmarter, to combine XOJET's service and fleet operations…
CommercialMicrosemi Collaboration Will Improve High-Temp Avionics A diagram of Microsemi’s high temperature control system plan for avionics actuators. Photo: Microsemi [Avionics Magazine 09-20-2016] Flight-critical avionics provider Microsemi is collaborating to address issues with high-temperature electronics design for avionic…
CommercialGoPro Unveils Camera Drone In Bid to Save Stock Prices [Avionics Magazine 09-20-2016] In recent years, GoPro revenue has plummeted, dropping nearly 90 percent off of its peak pricing in October 2014 (see below chart compiled by Statista). Chart: Statista But on Sept.…
ConnectivityKymeta Partners With Tecom to Bring New Antennas to Aviation [Avionics Today 09-20-2016] Kymeta, creator of the mTenna technology, has formed a new aviation partnership program development agreement with antenna solutions supplier Tecom. The two companies will merge Kymeta's flat-panel satellite antenna…
CommercialSatcom Direct Bolsters Flight Software with AircraftLogs Acquisition Satcom Direct’s SD Pro, which will soon incorporate AircraftLogs capabilities and data. Photo: Satcom Direct [Avionics Magazine 09-19-2016] Global aeronautical communications provider Satcom Direct (SD) has acquired AircraftLogs, a company based in…
Embedded AvionicsCobham Microelectronics Find their Way onto F-35 Program F-35. Photo: Cobham [Avionics Magazine 09-19-2016] Cobham’s Radio Frequency (RF) microelectronics will support the F-35 program, according to the company, which says it has recently received a series of orders worth “tens…
ATM ModernizationGulf Coast Avionics Completes CJ1 ADS-B Garmin Touchscreen Upgrade Cessna Citation CJ1 aircraft. Photo: Wikipedia [Avionics Magazine 09-19-2016] Gulf Coast Avionics has completed an Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B)-compliant Garmin touchscreen avionics upgrade on a 1998 Citation CJ1. “The aircraft is owned…
CommercialFAA: How Airlines Should Handle Recalled Devices Samsung Galaxy Note 7, recalled earlier this month. Photo: Samsung [Avionics Magazine 09-19-2016] Following a Consumer Product Safety Commission recall of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7, the FAA has issued general guidance…