ATM Modernization

Avinor to Join European ANSP iTEC Collaboration

[Avionics Magazine 06-17-2016] Norwegian Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP) Avinor has joined a collaboration project between the U.K., Germany, Spain and the Netherlands that seeks to use iTEC as a common flight…

Business & GA

Piper M600 Achieves Type Certification

[Avionics Magazine 06-17-2016] Piper Aircraft announced today that the company's newest flagship aircraft, the Piper M600, has now received type certification from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The company validated the M600's…

ATM Modernization

US 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…

Commercial

C 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…

Commercial

Eurocontrol 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…

Military

IMP 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…