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Connectivity

Wearable Technology: Tool or Trend?

  In an aircraft hangar, a maintenance technician accesses the history of a faulty part, calls in advice from a superior on how to best fix it and logs the maintenance work,…

Commercial

Aircraft Tracking in a Post-MH370 World

  The disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in March 2014 following the crash of Air France Flight 447 five years earlier, prompted a new push to scrutinize global tracking of commercial…

Connectivity

The Aircraft's Place in the IoT Revolution

In aviation circles, professionals prefer the conceptual term “connected network” to the consumer-products-sounding Internet of Things (IoT). While IoT may not adequately describe the technical and commercial potential of satellite-based data communications…

ATM Modernization

ADS-B Case Study: Equipping 100,000 Aircraft

  By Jan. 1, 2020, the FAA has mandated Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) Out equipage for all aircraft operating in the National Airspace System (NAS) above 10,000 feet, as well as for…

ATM Modernization

Harris Completes Aireon’s ADS-B Satellite Components

Aireon global space-based ADS-B diagram. Photo: Aireon [Avionics Today 06-01-2016] Harris Corp. has finished production on all Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) 1090 Extended Squitter (ES) receiver payloads that will enable Aireon’s satellite-based…

Business & GA

Sukhoi Superjet 100 Meets First European Customer

CityJet’s Sukhoi Superjet 100. Photo: Superjet International [Avionics Today 06-01-2016] Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company and SuperJet International, a joint venture between Leonardo-Finmeccanica Company and Sukhoi Holding, have delivered the first Sukhoi Superjet…

Commercial

Boeing Names New President of China Branch

John Bruns, president, Boeing China. Photo: Boeing [Avionics Today 06-01-2016] Boeing has named company veteran John Bruns president of Boeing China, effective July 1. In this new role, Bruns, 51, will serve…