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…
Business & GADelta Private Jets Grabs Gogo for IFC Delta Private Jets MRO hangar. Photo: Delta Private Jets [Avionics Today 06-15-2016] Gogo and Delta Private Jets have signed an agreement to deliver a 4G In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) service to DPJ's customers.…
CommercialViaSat Sees Social Media Connectivity as the Next Big IFC Market [Avionics Today 06-15-2016] ViaSat’s Senior Director of Strategy and Business Development for Enterprise Services Bill Sullivan wants to know how they and other In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) providers will compensate for Snapchat. Social…