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.…
ConnectivityWire and Cable: Aircraft EWIS and SWAP in Focus Aircraft wire and cable needs continue to be a major trend for readers of Avionics Magazine, as 100 percent of respondents to our industry survey this year said they need to…
Business & GABrazil’s FT Sistemas Equips Unmanned Helicopter with Rockwell Collins Micro INS FT-200FH unmanned Category 2 helicopter. Photo: Rockwell Collins [Avionics Today 03-31-2016] FT Sistemas has selected Rockwell Collins to provide its Micro Inertial Navigation Sensor (INS) for the new FT-200FH unmanned Category 2…
Business & GASITA Names New CEO Barbara Dalibard, SITA CEO effective July 1, 2016. Photo: SITA [Avionics Today 03-31-2016] SITA’s board of directors has appointed Barbara Dalibard as the new CEO, effective July 1. Dalibard will replace current…
Business & GAGarmin Releases Electronic Flight Instrument for Experimental Aircraft Garmin’s G5 EFIS for experimental aircraft. Photo: Garmin [Avionics Today 03-31-2016] Garmin has released an Electronic Flight Instrument System (EFIS) for Experimental Amateur-Built (EAB) and Light Sport Aircraft (LSA), the G5. According…
Business & GAL2, Heads UP Tout STC for Cessna Citation Wireless Digital Media Server [Avionics Today 03-31-2016] The FAA has awarded L2 Aviation (L2) and Heads Up Technologies a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for the installation of Heads Up's Lumin wireless Digital Media Server (DMS) on…