CommercialDelta 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 AvionicsFACE 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…
CommercialAirbus 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,…
ATM ModernizationEurocontrol Moves NewPENS Forward to Enable Data Driven ATM Participants at the NewPENS meeting. Photo: Eurocontrol [Avionics Today 01-19-2016] Eurocontrol is moving forward with its implementation of NewPENS, which will build on the success of the current Pan-European Network Services (PENS)…
ATM ModernizationST Engineering Aerospace Arm Inks $415 million in Contracts Photo: ST Engineering Aerospace [Avionics Today 01-19-2016] Singapore Technologies Engineering (ST Engineering) aerospace arm has secured new contracts worth $415 million in the fourth quarter of 2015, for projects ranging from airframe…
Business & GABombardier 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 & GAUTC 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 ModernizationAeroMACS 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…
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