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…
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…
Business & GASmartSky Networks Looks to Conquer Business, Commercial Market [Avionics Today 03-31-2016] In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) provider newcomer SmartSky Networks, a company that claims its Air-to-Ground (ATG) network is able to deliver more than 10 times competitor’s speeds, is taking the business…
CommercialFAA Raises Blanket UAS COA Small UAS. Photo: Auburn School [Avionics Today 03-30-2016] The FAA has raised the Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) “blanket” altitude authorization for Section 333 exemption holders and government aircraft operators to 400 feet.…
CommercialAzul Contracts for Rockwell Collins Avionics on 58 A320neos Azul aircraft. Photo: Mariordo (Mario Roberto Durán Ortiz) [Avionics Today 03-30-2016] Azul Brazilian Airlines has selected a host of Rockwell Collins avionics solutions for 58 Airbus A320neo aircraft. Deliveries will begin in…