CommercialBombardier Says CSeries on Track for 2015 Certification Bombardier CSeries CS100 and CS300 aircraft. Photo: Bombardier [Avionics Today 10-14-2015] Bombardier has announced that its seemingly troubled CSeries 100 aircraft has successfully completed more than 90 percent of the certification program.…
CommercialGoing the Distance: Singapore Airlines Launches Ultra Long Range A350-900 Airbus new A350-900 ultra long range aircraft in Singapore Airlines livery. Photo: Airbus [Aviation Today 10-13-2015] Singapore Airlines (SIA) has launched Airbus’ new ultra-long range version of the A350-900 wide-body aircraft. Under…
ATM ModernizationNATS Interim CEO Gains Top Spot Martin Rolfe, CEO, NATS. Photo: NATS [Aviation Today 10-13-2015] NATS gained a new CEO today. Martin Rolfe has been appointed as the top executive of England’s Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP) after…
Business & GAAspen Avionics Connected Panel Wireless Cockpit System Sees US Patent Aspen Avionics connected panel wireless cockpit system concept. Photo: Aspen Avionics [Aviation Today 10-13-2015] Aspen Avionics has been awarded a United States patent for its connected panel wireless cockpit system. Aspen first…
ATM ModernizationDutch Safety Board: ICAO Should have Closed Airspace to Prevent Downing of MH17 [Aviation Today 10-13-2015] The downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 on July 17, 2014 was caused by the detonation of a 9N314M-type warhead launched from the eastern part of Ukraine using a…
ATM ModernizationThompson to Boost Flight Tracking for Orbis [Avionics Today 10-13-2015] Orbis, the New York-based Flying Eye Hospital, is enhancing its aircraft flight tracking capabilities with a donation from Thompson Aerospace. The organization had been looking to up its ability…
ATM ModernizationFlying Colors MRO Achieves Bombardier Challenger 604/605 ADS-B STC [Avionics Today 10-12-2015] Canadian completions, Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) company Flying Colours Corp., has secured a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) Out for Bombardier Challenger 600-2B16 (604…
CommercialBoeing Buys EASA Pilot Training Software Boeing Flight Services Vice President Sherry Carbary and Wilfried Peters, the director of Ab-Initio Training Programs at the Boeing Flight Services Signing. Photo: Boeing [Avionics Today 10-12-2015] Boeing has acquired Peters Software,…