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…
Business & GAAvidyne Adds Synthetic Vision Views to GPS FMS Series Avidyne IFD540 GPS FMS for GA aircraft. Photo: Avidyne [Avionics Today 04-04-2016] Avidyne is making Synthetic Vision System (SVS) views available on every version of the company’s IFD-series GPS Flight Management Systems…
Embedded AvionicsAir Force Contracts Ball, SiCore to Assess Avionics Vulnerabilities Photo: BAE Systems [Avionics Today 04-01-2016] The Air Force has awarded both Ball Aerospace & Technologies and SiCore Technologies individual $47.9-million contracts to develop risk mitigation tools and techniques for the U.S.…
Business & GAClay Lacy Aviation Partners with SmartSky on Gulfstream STCs Clay Lacy Aviation hangar. Photo: Clay Lacy Aviation [Avionics Today 04-01-2016] Aircraft management and jet charter service Clay Lacy Aviation is the latest to partner with new In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) provider SmartSky…
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…