ATM ModernizationNorthrop Grumman to Modernize Air Traffic Communications in Dubai [Avionics Today 03-10-2016] Northrop Grumman's U.K.-based subsidiary, Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems, has announced a new contract award to expand the existing capabilities of the Air Traffic Control (ATC) communications systems at…
ConnectivityNew Government Airborne Applications Drive Need for Unique Satellite Capabilities [Avionics Today 03-09-2016] Over the next decade, government and military end users in the United States and around the world are going to continue to unlock and establish innovative new uses of…
Business & GAFAA Proposes New Part 23 Airworthiness Rule [Avionics Today 03-09-2016] The FAA has proposed a new rule to overhaul its existing airworthiness standards for small General Aviation (GA) aircraft. Under the newly proposed rule, the current certification standards for…
Business & GABombardier Challenger 650 Earns EASA Type Certification [Avionics Today 03-09-2016] THe European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has issued full type certification for the Bombardier Challenger 650. Bombardier Challenger 650. Photo: Bombardier. “Our Challenger 650 aircraft successfully…
MilitaryBoeing, Paramount Expand Partnership to AHRLAC Aircraft [Avionics Today 03-09-2016] Boeing and the Paramount Group, the South Africa-based global defense and aerospace business, have expanded their 2014 agreement to cooperate on an advanced mission system for a variant of…
ATM ModernizationL-3 Expands NGT-9000 ADS-B Capabilities [Avionics Today 03-08-2016] After unveiling a Part 27 rotorcraft Approved Model List (AML) Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for its Lynx NGT-9000 Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) Out product line last week at…
ATM ModernizationSESAR Deployment Manager, Eurocae Sign Cooperation Agreement [Avionics Today 03-08-2016] The Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) Deployment Manager (SDM) and the European Organization for Civil Aviation Equipment (EUROCAE) have signed a new memorandum of cooperation (MoC). Under the…
CommercialUnited Airlines to Accelerate Retirement of Boeing 747s [Avionics Today 03-08-2016] United Airlines has announced an order to purchase 25 new Boeing 737-700 aircraft, an add on to the previously announced order for 40 total 737-700s. Deliveries are scheduled to…