Commercial

Alaska Airlines Plans $40 Million Maintenance Facility

Alaska Airlines’ current maintenance hangar in Anchorage, Alaska. Photo: Alaska Airlines [Avionics Today 08-01-2016] Alaska Airlines announced plans to build a new $40 million airplane maintenance facility at the site of the…

Embedded Avionics

VPT Introduces DC-DC Converters for Avionics

VPT VHR series DC-DC converters. Photo: VPT [Avionics Today 08-01-2016] Power conversion company VPT has introduced its VHR series of industrial-level DC-DC converters and Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) filters for power electronics applications…

Commercial

Allegiant Orders 12 A320ceos in Move Toward All-Airbus Fleet

A320ceo with Allegiant livery, rendering. Photo: Airbus [Avionics Today 08-01-2016] Las Vegas, Nevada-based Allegiant Travel Company has signed a purchase agreement for 12 Airbus A320ceo (current engine option) aircraft. CFM56 engines from…

Connectivity

Integrating IP into ACARS Transmissions

     Photo: Hawiian Airlines The commercial Aircraft Communication, Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS) is like the digital heartbeat of the commercially operated air transport airframe. Since the inception of the original…

ATM Modernization

NextGen Data Comm Facilitates Digital DCL

  FAA NextGen Data Communications air traffic control En Route simulators. Photo courtesy of the FAA. A critical part of the FAA’s Next Generation Airspace Modernization (NextGen) initiative, the Data Communications (Data…

ATM Modernization

Unlocking the Benefits of ADS-B In

  When the FAA mandated Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B Out) for most aircraft by January 2020, there were the predictable complaints from various segments of the aviation community regarding acquisition and installation…

Business & GA

New Test Systems Look to Match Market Growth

  The current aircraft test equipment market is huge and only growing, spurred by the industry’s need to replace test equipment that is quickly becoming obsolete, but also by the need for…