Editor's NoteNextGen Mandates Loom Large By the time you read this editorial note, we will have completed a hopefully highly successful Avionics for NextGen event in Washington, D.C. bringing together key decision makers to talk about all…
Editor's NoteCool it! Heat Relief for RF Power Chips Many radar, electronic warfare, communications and avionics systems are thermally limited. These systems cannot remove the heat generated by their components efficiently enough to reach the potential that might be expected from…
Embedded AvionicsPBN: More Than a Navigation Tool Performance-Based Navigation (PBN) is the gift that keeps on giving. Not only is it a key element of the FAA’s Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) modernization initiative, but it is also…
CommercialAirAsia Selects Panasonic to Improve Safety and Efficiency through Connectivity AirAsia Airbus A320 at Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (LFBO) in France. Photo: Laurent Errera/Wikimedia Commons [Avionics Today 09-30-2015] AirAsia has selected Panasonic Avionics Corporation to equip its aircraft with FlightLink, Panasonic’s aircraft tracking and…
ATM ModernizationSESAR Validates Solution for Seamless Cross-Border ATC Cross-border ATC. Photo: SESAR Joint Undertaking [Avionics Today 09-30-2015] Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) members have recently carried out a series of validations on a solution to facilitate interoperability between Air…
ConnectivityUltramain Systems Partners with Gogo to Connect Aircraft Maintenance Reporting Applications FAA headquarters in Washington, D.C. Photo: Matthew Bisanz/Wikimedia Commons [Avionics Today 09-30-2015] Ultramain Systems, a developer of airline operational software, and Gogo are partnering to connect Ultramain’s aircraft maintenance applications. "Aircraft…
CommercialGogo Gains Japan Transocean Air as 2Ku Customer Three 737-800s in Japan Transocean Air's livery. Photo: Boeing [Avionics Today 09-30-2015] Japan Transocean Air has selected Gogo’s 2Ku In-flight Connectivity (IFC) solution. The airline will fit its new Boeing 737-800 aircraft…
ATM ModernizationDelta Air Lines Exec Favors Keeping FAA ATO in Place [Avionics Today 09-30-2015] The United States Senate has passed the Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2015, to provide a six-month extension of funding for the FAA through March 31, 2016. Under…