Business & GA

Strat Aero Acquires Fellow UAS Company, Aero Kinetics

[Avionics Today 12-14-2015] International Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) company Strat Aero has acquired Aero Kinetics, the first company to file for FAA Type Certification for multi-rotor unmanned aircraft. The acquisition of Aero…

Business & GA

Gulfstream Launches GE650ER in the Middle East with Qatar Airways

Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive Akbar Al Baker receives an aircraft model from Mark Burns, president, Gulfstream. Photo: Gulfstream [Avionics Today 12-14-2015] Gulfstream Aerospace formally delivered a Gulfstream G650ER to Qatar Airways, the first airline…

Business & GA

Hobbyists Required to Register UAS Under New IFR

[Avionics Today 12-14-2015] In a move to reign in Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) as numbers flourish, Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Anthony Foxx alongside FAA Deputy Administrator Michael G. Whitaker announced on…

ATM Modernization

Play the Avionics News Quiz of December 11

The holidays are fast approaching, but not fast enough if you ask us. In the meantime there’s lots of juicy gossip on the aviation circuit to keep you occupied in the cold…

ATM Modernization

NATS Trial Aims to Cut Holding Times

Diagram of the XMAN system. Photo: NATS [Avionics Today 12-11-2015] A project to cut aircraft holding times at Heathrow Airport has been so successful that the trial procedure has now entered permanent…

ATM Modernization

Eurocontrol Announces Direct Route Options Across Several FABs

[Avionics Today 12-11-2015] Eurocontrol has announced that 47 new plannable Direct Routes (DCT) came into operation in continental Europe, covering the northwest-southeast axis between the United Kingdom and Hungary. In February 2016,…

Business & GA

Chile’s Vulcanair Aircraft to Equip with UTC Cloud Cap Tech

Vulcanair's P68 Observer 2 aircraft. Photo: Vulcanair [Avionics Today 12-11-2015] UTC Aerospace Systems will deliver Cloud Cap Technology TASE500 imaging systems to Vulcanair Aircraft in support of maritime search and rescue efforts…