Commercial

Lufthansa Technik Introduces Paperless Maintenance

Photo: Lufthansa Technik [Avionics Magazine 10-18-2016] Lufthansa Technik, the Lufthansa Airline’s Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) organization, has introduced digital documentation of documents for aircraft maintenance across its German operations. The digital…

Business & GA

First Modernized Mi-28N Prototype Flies

Russian Helicopters has been developing a prototype attack version of the Mi-28 with a new front cabin crew and a guidance, navigation and flight control system. Photo: Vitaly V. Kuzmin/CC BY-SA 4.0…

Military

How Boeing Converts F-16s to Unmanned Configuration

[Avionics Magazine 10-14-2016] On Sept. 23, 2016, the U.S. Air Force declared Initial Operational Capability (IOC) for the QF-16, the unmanned configuration of the fourth generation F-16 fighter jet. Avionics Magazine recently…

ATM Modernization

Airbus Highlights Role in Next Phase of SESAR

To brief the airline community on SESAR 1 achievements and SESAR 2020 opportunities, Airbus hosted a customer focus group in Toulouse, France, which was attended by representatives from European airlines and key…

Commercial

Boeing Launches 777X Facility in St. Louis

Boeing 777X. Photo: Boeing [Avionics Magazine 10-14-2016] Boeing has formally opened a new composite center on its St. Louis campus that will house the company’s largest commercial aviation work statement ever placed…