ATM Modernization

Harris Continues to Expand ADS-B Infrastructure

Ed Sayadian, president of mission networks at Harris. Photo: Harris [Avionics Today 03-22-2016] All over the United States operators are equipping slowly but surely with Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) systems to comply…

Connectivity

Air Canada Inks Gogo 2Ku Contract for Widebody Fleet

Air Canada has inked a satellite connectivity contract with Gogo. Photo: Air Canada [Avionics Today 03-21-2016] Gogo has expanded its connectivity partnership with Air Canada to include its international fleet, including the…

Commercial

GEE, Hughes Contract Aims to Boost IFC Performance

Hughes’ EchoStar 19 satellite for which GEE has contracted for capacity to boost aviation connectivity performance. Photo: Hughes [Avionics Today 03-21-2016] Broadband satellite services provider Hughes Network Systems has struck an agreement…

Commercial

FTG Aerospace Acquires Cockpit-Products Company PhotoEtch

Photo Etch light plate. Photo: Photo Etch [Avionics Today 03-21-2016] Firan Technology Group’s U.S. subsidiary, FTG Aerospace, has acquired substantially all of the assets of Airco Industries, or PhotoEtch, a Texas-based designer…

Commercial

Focus on CVR, FDR Data in Aftermath of Fatal FlyDubai Crash

[Avionics Today 03-21-2016] Investigators have begun inspection, opening and extraction of the significantly damaged Flight Data Recorder (FDR) and Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) from the FlyDubai next generation Boeing 737-800 aircraft that…

Commercial

Play the Avionics News Quiz of March 18

Take break from your St. Patrick’s day celebrations to spend some time with this week’s Avionics News Quiz! We can’t say it’s better than a tall pint of Guinness, but it’s awful…