Business & GA

Honeywell’s GX Aviation Hardware Approved for Boeing 757

JetWave Hardware for GX Aviation installation on Honeywell Boeing 757 test aircraft. Photo: Honeywell [Avionics Today 01-21-2016] Honeywell Aerospace's JetWave wireless In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) system has received U.S. FAA approval for the Boeing…

Business & GA

Textron Expands MRO Reach with Able Aerospace Acquisition

[Avionics Today 01-21-2016] Textron Aviation has completed the acquisition of Able Engineering & Component Services and Able Aerospace, an Arizona-based Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul company. Able provides component repairs, component exchanges and…

Business & GA

Inmarsat Expands Asia Pacific Presence

Opening of Inmarsat’s Singapore office. Photo: Inmarsat [Avionics Today 01-21-2016] Inmarsat has opened a new Singapore office, which is the company’s largest facility in Asia Pacific region. The new facility will expand…

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…