MilitaryF-35 Lightning II Fleet Logs 50,000 Flight Hours Four F-35 Lighting II aircraft fly over Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. The F-35 fleet recently surpassed 50,000 flight hours. Photo: Lockheed Martin [Avionics Today 02-11-2016] F-35 Lightning II aircraft operating at…
Business & GAGarmin to Up Satcom Capabilities with DeLorme Acquisition DeLorme headquarters in Yarmouth, Maine. Photo: Jeffrey Stevenson/DeLorme [Avionics Today 02-11-2016] Garmin has entered into an agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of DeLorme, a privately held company that designs…
ATM ModernizationAIA CEO Asks Congress to Focus on Stable NextGen Funding [Avionics Today 02-10-2016] The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) is imploring Congress not to lose sight of steady funding for investments in the NextGen program as they work through FAA reauthorization and potential…
CommercialRockwell Collins MMR Offers ADS-B Compliance for Airlines [Avionics Today 02-10-2016] Rockwell Collins has introduced its GLU-2100 next-generation Multi-Mode Receiver (MMR) for air transport. The newly designed MMR, which readies airlines for all foreseeable future global navigation requirements, is in…
ATM ModernizationLufthansa, Swiss to Equip with GEE EFBs Lufthansa Electronic Flight Bag system. Photo: GEE [Avionics Today 02-10-2016] Star Alliance partners Lufthansa Airlines and Swiss International Air Lines have selected Global Eagle Entertainment (GEE) Navaero Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) solutions.…
CommercialA321neo with CFM Engines Makes Maiden Flight The maiden flight of Airbus’ first A320neo equipped with CFM International LEAP-1A engines, which was performed Feb. 9, 2016. Photo: Airbus [Avionics Today 02-10-2016] The first A321neo equipped with CFM International LEAP-1A…
ATM ModernizationGarmin Reveals ‘All-In-One’ ADS-B Solution Panel-mount GTX 345 transponder installation. Photo: Garmin [Avionics Today 02-10-2016] Garmin International has unveiled its GTX 345 and GTX 335 all-in-one Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) transponders that include Extended Squitter (ES) ADS-B…
ATM ModernizationReport Reveals Challenges to Proposed ATC Restructure [Avionics Today 02-10-2016] A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released Feb. 10 outlines specific transition issues that government and industry would need to address if the current Air Traffic Control (ATC)…