ATM Modernization

The FAA’s New ADS-B Airworthiness Guidance Explained

The FAA published Revision B to AC 20-165B, which provides aviation industry guidance for the installation and airworthiness approval for Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast Out (ADS-B Out) avionics solutions. We talked to…

Editor's Note

ICAO Q&A: ADS-B, ASBUs and Aircraft Tracking

All of the airspace modernization programs currently occurring across the globe, including the FAA’s NextGen in the United States and Single European Sky in Europe, are part of the International Civil Aviation…

ATM Modernization

NextGen and Helicopters: Where are the Benefits?

Over the last year, the FAA has actively engaged with the industry to address any and all avionics issues associated with Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) and other helicopter avionics concerns as part…

Commercial

Aircraft Maintenance in the Wireless Revolution

Aircraft maintenance is heading toward a wireless revolution. Now, aircraft technicians can analyze aircraft operating data using tablets and most new aircraft fly with a central server onboard or an Aircraft Health…

Editor's Note

Aircraft Cyber Security Protection Scaling Up

The Avionics Magazine aircraft cyber security Upgrade Central survey produced results showing 37 percent of readers that operate mostly fixed wing aircraft have needs to acquire new aircraft cyber security technology. In…

Commercial

Boeing’s 737 MAX 8 Makes First Flight

Following the successful first flight of the 737 MAX, (L-R) Boeing Chief Test Pilot and Vice President of Flight Operations Craig Bomben, 737 MAX Chief Pilot Ed Wilson and Keith Leverkuhn, vice…