ATM ModernizationUS Air Traffic Controller Staffing Reaches 27-Year Low [Avionics Magazine 06-17-2016] National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) President Paul Rinaldi told the House Aviation Subcommittee this week that the number of fully certified air traffic controllers, already at a 27-year…
CommercialC Series Wins EASA, FAA Certification First SWISS CS100 aircraft prepares for first flight. Photo: Bombardier [Avionics Today 06-16-2016] Both the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the FAA have type-certified Bombardier’s first commercial airliner, the C Series…
CommercialGogo Partners with the Weather Company to Track Real-Time Turbulence WSI Total Turbulence application. Photo: The Weather Company [Avionics Today 06-16-2016] The Weather Company, an IBM Business, has announced a deal with Gogo Business Aviation that aims to enable the delivery of…
CommercialEurocontrol RTS Gathers Data on RPAS Integration From the bottom: Gabor Petnehazy, Julia Sanchez, Stefan Oze and Anastasiia Sobchenko during the small scale RTS demonstration at the Eurocontrol Experimental Centre. Photo: Eurocontrol [Avionics Today 06-16-2016] In late May, a…
MilitaryIMP Delivers Norway’s Final Re-winged P-3 Orion P-3 Orion aircraft. Photo: Lockheed Martin [Avionics Today 06-16-2016] IMP Aerospace has delivered the final re-winged P-3 Orion aircraft to the Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF), marking the successful completion of the…
CommercialAeronautics Innovation Act Proposes Funding for Commercial Supersonic Research [Avionics Today 06-16-2016] Steve Knight, a U.S. lawmaker from California, has introduced a bill that would provide funding for advanced aerospace technology research projects lead by NASA. Knight proposed the Aeronautics Innovation…
CommercialPanasonic Avionics Selects Arqiva to Provide In-Flight Wi-Fi Passenger using in-flight Wi-Fi. Photo: United [Avionics Today 06-15-2016] Panasonic Avionics has selected Arqiva, a communications infrastructure and media services company, to provide its hosting, connectivity and teleport uplink services via Telesat’s…
CommercialNASA, UAE Strike Collaborative Agreement on Aeronautics Research UAE Space Agency Chairman Khalifa Al Romaithi and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden pose with collaborative agreement for aeronautics, space exploration. Photo: UAE Space Agency [Avionics Today 06-15-2016] The United States and United…