Commercial

MRJ's Second Flight Test Aircraft Takes Flight

Mitsubishi Regional Jet’s second flight test aircraft takes flight. Photo: Mitsubishi [Avionics Today 06-03-2016] Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries have conducted the first flight of the second Flight Test Aircraft…

ATM Modernization

NAC Updates on Latest Benefits, Challenges for NextGen Program

[Avionics Magazine 06-02-2016] The 2016 annual RTCA symposium began Wednesday, June 1, with a panel discussion featuring pilot, air traffic controller, avionics manufacturing and research and development perspectives from the NextGen Advisory…

Business & GA

Australia’s CASA Relaxes NVIS Requirements for Helicopter Pilots

[Avionics Today 06-02-2016] The Australian Government’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) released a new exemption that relaxes flying experience requirements for helicopter pilots applying for Night Vision Imaging System (NVIS) authorizations. Since…

ATM Modernization

NATS Inks ATC Partnership with University of West Scotland

Professor Ehsan Mesbahi, vice principal and pro vice-chancellor at the University of the West of Scotland and Alastair Muir, director of NATS’ Prestwick air traffic control center. Photo: NATS [Avionics Today 06-02-2016]…

Regulation

Making Sense of Mandates

Avionics mandates are frequently a topic of conversation at our Avionics Advisory Board meetings. Even though 2020 is still four years away, it appears the industry is in a race against time…

ATM Modernization

Global Avionics Mandates: Progress and Challenges

  2016 is a pivotal year for global avionics mandates. While some areas of the world have established mandates that already require compliance, others have mandates on the cusp, while several countries…