Commercial

Boeing Opens New Autonomous Systems Lab 

[Avionics Magazine 07-01-2016]  Boeing has opened a new research laboratory to test hardware and software that will make a new generation of autonomous air, sea and land vehicles work together more effectively…

Commercial

Tibet Receives First A330 for High Altitude Airport Ops

[Avionics Magazine 07-01-2016] Tibet Airlines has received its first widebody aircraft, an A330-200 with increased 242-ton maximum take-off-weight (MTOW), following a handover in Toulouse, France. The increased MTOW, the first A330-200 in…

Business & GA

Dassault Falcon 8X Achieves FAA Type Certification

[Avionics Magazine 06-30-2016] Dassault Aviation’s new Falcon 8X has received approval from the US Federal Aviation Administration. FAA certification, just after receipt of European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) type certificate, brings the…

Commercial

Major Win for Inmarsat Swiftbroadband Safety With A320, A330

[Avionics Magazine 06-30-2016] Inmarsat has announced a major new win for its Swiftbroadband-Safety (SB-S) service. Airbus has selected SwiftBroadband-Safety as a cockpit communications technology for its A320 and A330 aircraft families.   …