CommercialAvionics Modifications Q&A With Bob Dankers From Boeing As airspace mandates come into effect and a continued desire to improve fuel burn and overall efficiency grows, airlines across the globe are performing aftermarket avionics upgrades on their aircraft. Meanwhile,…
ConnectivityConnected thinking required to keep cybersecurity threats at bay In-flight connectivity has introduced a raft of well-documented passenger and operational benefits, but it has a more sinister flip-side. As aircraft become more and more connected, the aviation industry faces an…
ConnectivityMiddle East Airlines Invest to Gain a Step Ahead Photo: Etihad Airways When it comes to investing in new technologies, avionics and connectivity, airlines in the Middle East are some of the most ambitious around. Airlines such as Emirates, flydubai and…
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…
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…