Commercial

Airbus Delivers First A320neo to Lufthansa

The Lufthansa Group, Airbus’ largest airline customer and operator, marked a major step in aviation history by taking delivery of the first A320neo on 20 January 2016. Left to right: Robert Leduc,…

Business & GA

CMU, Sikorsky Demonstrate UAV, UGV Collaboration

The Sikorsky Autonomy Research Aircraft equipped with Matrix technology. Photo: Sikorsky [Avionics Today 01-20-2016] Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and Sikorsky have completed a joint autonomy demonstration that proved the capability of new,…

Commercial

Delta Reinvests Record Profits into Fleet

Delta fleet. Photo: Wikimedia [Avionics Today 01-20-2016] Delta Air Lines reported a profitable quarter buoyed by dropping oil prices, including net income of $926 million, up 51 percent from the December quarter…

Embedded Avionics

FACE Avionics Software Reuse Expands With NAVAIR

[Avionics Today 01-20-2016] The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) is continuing to expand the integration of the Future Air Capability Environment (FACE) avionics standard across its aircraft system. Most recently, Rockwell…

Business & GA

Bombardier Launches CS100 Program Ramp Up

Bombardier’s CS100. Photo: Bombardier [Avionics Today 01-19-2016] Bombardier’s C Series aircraft program has begun the ramp-up to full production. The final assembly facility is fully equipped and production is progressing according to…

Business & GA

UTC Appoints New Pratt & Whitney President

New Pratt & Whitney President Robert Leduc. Photo: UTC [Avionics Today 01-19-2016] United Technologies Corp. (UTC) has appointed Robert Leduc as president of Pratt & Whitney. Leduc, who served as president of…

ATM Modernization

AeroMACS Could Emerge as an Enterprise Solution for the FAA

[Avionics Today 01-19-2016] The FAA has expressed a “strong desire” to position Aeronautical Mobile Airport Communications System (AeroMACS) as an enterprise solution once the Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPS) adopted by the…