Commercial

Colombia 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…

Commercial

Gore 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 & GA

Bombardier 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…

Commercial

Play 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…

Business & GA

SITA 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…