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).…

Commercial

Norwegian Air Shuttle Launch GEE Live TV Trials

Norwegian Air Shuttle has launched Live TV trials on some of its flights. Photo: Norwegian Air Shuttle Global Eagle Entertainment (GEE) and low-cost airline Norwegian Air Shuttle have introduced Live TV as…