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Business & GA

5 Points to Keep in Mind Ahead of the 2Ku Commercial Launch

[Avionics Today 12-09-2015] Gogo CEO Michael Small is bullish about what the company’s new satellite-based connectivity offering will bring to the In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) market, including loosening bandwidth constraints and aftermarket domination.…

Business & GA

Kyocera Offers Tablet Touchscreens in the Cockpit

[Avionics Today 12-09-2015] Kyocera has introduced three new Thin-Film-Transistor Liquid-Crystal Display (TFT-LCD) with Projected Capacitive (PCAP) touchscreens designed to optimize the user interface in a wide variety of industrial applications. Popularized by…

Commercial

Virgin America CFO Likes Future All A320 Strategy

[Avionics Today 12-8-2015] Virgin America Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Peter Hunt told analysts at the third annual Credit Suisse Industrials Conference that the airline expects to grow at…

Business & GA

Textron UAS to Aid in Taiwan Typhoon Research

Aerosonde UAS. Photo: UAS [Avionics Today 12-08-2015] Aerosonde, a Melbourne-based strategic business of Textron Systems Unmanned Systems, has delivered a commercial variant of its Aerosonde Small Unmanned Aircraft System (SUAS) to the…

ATM Modernization

South Africa Signs on for Aireon ADS-B

Rendering of Aireon satellite ADS-B coverage. Photo: Aireon  [Avionics Today 12-08-2015] Aireon has signed a data services agreement with Air Traffic and Navigation Services (ATNS), South Africa’s Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP).…