Business & GAHondaJet Wins Production Certificate to Build in the US HondaJets on the final assembly line. Photo: Honda [Avionics Today 07-12-2016] The FAA has granted Honda Aircraft a production certificate to build the HA-420 HondaJet, an advanced light jet, at its world…
CommercialEsterline Wins Avionics Contracts with Antonov, Royal Jordanian Air Force Antonov AN-124 cargo plane for which Esterline CMC will supply high-performance avionics. Photo: Wikimedia [Avionics Today 07-12-2016] Esterline CMC Electronics has won several major avionics contracts, announced this week at the Farnborough…
CommercialAt Farnborough 2016, AirBaltic Touts C Series Avionics Benefits [Avionics Today 07-12-2016] Regardless of all of the financial rumors, analysis, and troubles Bombardier has suffered over the last year with its C Series program, technologically, it will be one of the…
CommercialThales Announces Flurry of Avionics Contracts easyjet A320. Photo: Thales [Avionics Today 07-11-2016] Thales has revealed it landed contracts for more than 400 Airbus single-aisle aircraft platforms in the last six months for its Flight Management Systems (FMS)…
CommercialUTC Aerospace Sensor Aims to Enhance Global Hawk UAS ISR Global Hawk UAS. Photo: Carla Thomas [Avionics Today 07-11-2016] The U.S. Air Force has awarded UTC Aerospace Systems a contract to support the integration and testing of the MS-177 Multi-Spectral Imaging (MSI)…
CommercialHoneywell, Israel Aerospace Industries to Develop Sense and Avoid Tech for IAI UAS IAI Heron UAS. Photo: SSGT REYNALDO RAMON, USAF [Avionics Today 07-11-2016] Honeywell is partnering with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) to jointly develop a sense-and-avoid capability for IAI’s Heron family of Unmanned Aerial…
MilitaryDoD Rolls out Phase II Cost-Cutting Plan for the F-35 F-35 Lightning II. Photo: Lockheed Martin [Avionics Today 07-11-2016] The Department of Defense (DoD) has released two initiatives alongside industry to reduce F-35 Lightning II production and sustainment costs. The first is…
CommercialAirbus, Boeing Outlooks See Strong Market for Satellite-Connected Aircraft [Avionics Magazine 07-11-2016] Airbus and Boeing both released their 20-year global market forecasts on the first day of the 2016 Farnborough International Airshow. Airbus was less optimistic in it’s long term view…
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