CommercialGogo, Intelsat Strike Major New Capacity Agreement [Avionics Today 03-07-2016] Gogo has announced a new long-term agreement with Intelsat to leverage what the company refers to as the "the first shared GEO/LEO satellite network for in-flight connectivity." Under the…
CommercialAirbus Breaks Ground on Chinese A330 Completion Center Airbus China A330 Widebody Completion & Delivery Centre, rendering. Photo: Airbus [Avionics Today 03-04-2016] Airbus has begun construction for the Airbus A330 Completion and Delivery Center (C&DC) in Tianjin, China. The A330…
Business & GACould High Throughput Satellites be the Future of IFC? [Avionics Today 03-04-2016] New High Throughput Satellite (HTS) systems have taken aim at the In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) market, promising to deliver more bandwidth and wider “pipes” to airborne aircraft. HTS capacity is…
Business & GAPlay the Avionics News Quiz of March 4 Our editors have been very busy hitting up Heli-Expo this week to sneak a peek at all the new tech rotor manufacturers are packing into their cockpits. But have no fear, we…
Business & GAThomas Global Systems Opens New Electronic and Embedded System Hub The Australian Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon Marise Payne, officially opens Thomas Global Systems’ new EESI-Hub alongside the Company’s CEO Angus Hutchinson and Chairman William Hutchinson. Photo: Thomas Global Systems [Avionics…
MilitaryBoeing Completes First Flight on Second KC-46A Aircraft to Test Avionics Boeing’s second KC-46 tanker (EMD-4) takes off from Paine Field in Everett on its first flight. The tanker landed later at Boeing Field in Seattle and will initially be used to test…
CommercialDARPA Designates Aurora as Prime Contractor on VTOL X-Plane Program Rendering of Aurora Flight Science’s Vertical Take-Off and Landing Experimental Aircraft. Photo: Aurora [Avionics Today 03-04-2016] The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has chosen Aurora Flight Sciences as the prime contract…
CommercialCobham SBB System Certified for Shenzhen Airlines' 737 Fleet Cobham’s SwiftBroadband system has been certified for the Shenzhen Airlines 737 fleet. Photo: Cobham [Avionics Today 03-03-2016] Cobham Satcom's Aviator 300 SwiftBroadband (SBB) system has been certified on Shenzhen Airlines' Boeing 737-800…