Business & GAMiddle Eastern VVIP Operator Inks Five-Year Contract for Star’s Aircraft Data Service [Avionics Today 05-03-2016] Star Navigation Systems has signed a five-year contract to install its Aircraft Data Service (Star-ADS) solution on an Airbus wide-bodied aircraft. The purchaser is an undisclosed Middle East VVIP…
CommercialBoeing 737 MAX 8 Makes First International Flight-Test Trip 737 MAX 8 completing high altitude flight testing in La Paz, Bolivia. Photo: John Corrigan [Avionics Today 05-02-2016] The Boeing 737 MAX 8 has completed high altitude flight testing in La Paz,…
CommercialNASA, Honeywell Focus on Helping Pilots Reduce Super Sonic Booms This schlieren image dramatically displays the shock wave of a supersonic jet flying over the Mojave Desert. Researchers used NASA-developed image processing software to remove the desert background, then combined and averaged…
Business & GAuAvonix, DJI, Stanford Look to Use UAS Speed Changes to Enhance Sense-and-Avoid [Avionics Today 05-02-2016] uAvionix, DJI and Stanford University are working together to develop sense-and-avoid technologies to help insure safe aircraft separation based on speed changes. Eric Mueller, an aerospace engineer at NASA…
ConnectivityMen Micro Unveils ARINC-600 Compliant Network Server for In-Flight Communications MP70S ARINC 600 network server. Photo: Men Micro [Avionics Today 05-02-2016] Men Micro has unveiled a new ARINC 600-compliant high-speed network server for in-flight communications. The MP70S is pre-integrated and pre-qualified to…
Business & GAGogo Finishes Biz Av 4G Testing Gogo demonstrates the Biz Av 4G capability to run multiple videos at once. Photo: Gogo [Avionics Today 04-29-2016] Gogo has successfully completed the initial phase of flight testing for its Gogo Biz…
ATM ModernizationDutch Ministry of Defense Upgrades to ATIS to Support Air Traffic Growth Photo: Schneider Electric [Avionics Today 04-29-2016] The Dutch Ministry of Defense selected Schneider Electric’s MetConsole Automatic Terminal Information Service (ATIS) to support its Regional Flight Information System (REFIS). The software-centric ATIS solution…
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