CommercialAlaska to Purchase Virgin America for $2.6 Billion [Avionics Today 04-04-2106] Alaska Air Group has announced a plan to acquire Virgin America for $2.6 billion, merging the California-based airline with its existing company Alaska Airlines. Under the proposed acquisition, which…
CommercialColombia to Deploy Saab WAM and ADS-B [Avionics Today 04-01-2016] Defense and security company Saab has been awarded a contract to deploy Wide Area Multilateration (WAM) surveillance systems around the Colombian cities of Cucuta and Medellin for the country’s…
CommercialGore Releases Microwave/RF Assemblies Targeted for Ka-band Microwave/RF assemblies, Type 5H. Photo: Gore [Avionics Today 04-01-2016] Wire and cable company W. L Gore & Associates (Gore) has released its microwave/RF assemblies, type 5H optimized specifically for Ka-band uplink and…
Business & GABombardier Receives Order for 20 Challenger 350s Bombardier Challenger 350. Photo: Bombardier Business Aircraft [Avionics Today 04-01-2016] Bombardier Business Aircraft has received a firm order for 20 Challenger 350 aircraft. For competitive reasons, the customer will remain undisclosed at…
CommercialPlay the Avionics News Quiz of April 1 This week Airbus and Boeing finally reconciled their differences and formed one giant company called BoeBus. Did we fool you? Probably not. We hope you’re much better at this week’s News Quiz…
CommercialMiddle East Airlines Show the Way In Technology Investments In this edition, we put the spotlight on a number of case studies of different metroplexes around the United States, and where they are with their NextGen initiatives. We look in…
ATM ModernizationShow Me the Money: How Metroplex Redesigns are Impacting the Bottom Line The FAA, alongside the National Air Traffic Controller’s Association (NATCA) and airline partners are redesigning airspace and addressing inefficiencies, introducing new Performance Based Navigation (PBN) procedures, and making use of Time…
Embedded AvionicsIntegration, Certification and Equipment Obsolescence on the Road to ADS-B Compliance Less than 10 percent of U.S. airlines have ADS-B capability on board, leaving tens of thousands of airliners and hundreds of thousands of general aviation aircraft still in need of equipage.…