CommercialEmirates Flight Crash Lands on Dubai Runway Emirates Boeing 777. Photo: Emirates [Avionics Today 08-03-2016] An Emirates Boeing 777 crash landed at Dubai International Airport on Aug. 3. According to a statement by Emirates, flight EK521 was travelling from…
MilitaryF-35A Reaches IOC for US Air Force F-35A. Photo: U.S. Air Force [Avionics Today 08-03-2016] The F-35A Lightning II fifth generation fighter aircraft was declared “combat ready” today by Gen. Hawk Carlisle, the commander of the U.S. Air Force…
CommercialDuncan Aviation Opens San Antonio Avionics Location [Avionics Today 08-03-2016] Duncan Aviation has opened a new San Antonio, Texas, avionics work-away location. On the southeast side of the San Antonio International Airport on Wetmore Road, the work-away location aims…
Business & GAAstronautics Will Install New and Improved EFBs on Boeing 787s Astronautics Block Point Five (BP5) EFB. Photo: Astronautics [Avionics Today 08-03-2016] Boeing has selected Astronautics to provide an upgraded Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) system on all fielded and future production Boeing 787…
Embedded AvionicsAstronics Ballard Partners with NI on PXI Avionics Bus Interfaces This multi-protocol version of the interface features a modern instrument driver for NI LabVIEW and includes 2 channels of MIL-STD-1553 and 16 channels of ARINC 429. Photo: Astronics [Avionics Today 08-02-2016] Astronics…
CommercialBoeing Projects $140 Billion Aircraft Demand in Russia, CIS Russia’s Transaero Airlines Boeing 737-800. Photo: Boeing [Avionics Today 08-02-2016] Boeing forecasts market demand for 1,170 new airplanes in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) region over the next 20…
CommercialLightspeed Aviation Taps Century Avionics as Repair Center for Africa [Avionics Today 08-02-2016] Lightspeed Aviation, a producer of aviation headsets, has announced the addition of Century Avionics to its global network of authorized repair centers. Century Avionics, which focuses on avionics sales,…
MilitaryDallas Avionics to Distribute Barfield Digital Pitot Static Test Sets The DPS1000 meets RSVM accuracy requirements and the 1811NG is suitable for helicopters and light aircraft. Photo: Dallas Avionics [Avionics Today 08-02-2016] Dallas Avionics is now a distributor of Barfield’s DPS1000 and…