CommercialBoeing, USAF to Digitally Upgrade B-52 Bomber B-52 bomber. Photo: Wikipedia [Avionics Today 10-02-2015] The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing a contract to equip the B-52 bomber with Combat Network Communications Technology (CONECT), which aims to enhance the…
CommercialVirgin America, Netflix Announce Video Streaming at 35,000 Feet Netflix and Virgin America now offer streaming video entertainment aboard certain Via Sat-equipped flights. Photo: Virgin America [Avionics Today 10-02-2015] Netflix and Virgin America are joining forces to provide complimentary in-flight Wi-Fi…
Business & GACityJet Strikes Agreement with Bombardier for 16 CRJ Jets Bombardier CRJ900 aircraft in SAS livery. Photo: Bombardier [Avionics Today 10-02-2015] Dublin-based CityJet has signed a firm agreement to acquire up to 16 Bombardier CRJ900 aircraft in the network of Sweden’s Scandinavian…
ATM Modernization5 Single European Sky Deployment Program Updates [Avionics Today 10-02-2015] On Tuesday Sept. 30, Massimo Garbini, managing director of the Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) Deployment Manager, delivered the final version of the SESAR Deployment Program (DP) 2015…
Embedded AvionicsAll Eyes on ADS-B: What Part 25 Operators Need to Know About DO-260B In the Part 25 retrofit market you see a lot of different configurations to start with, therefore there’s no one cookie-cutter approach you can get to put in an ADS-B system.— Mark…
Embedded AvionicsEnd User Perspective: ImagineAir CEO Ben Hamilton Headquartered at Gwinnett County Airport in Lawrenceville, Ga., ImagineAir operates one of the largest air taxi services in the Eastern United States. The company focuses on using its fleet of Cirrus SR22s…
Editor's NoteUpgrading Legacy Cockpits - Experts Weigh In The retrofit market is at the beginning of a very high activity period, as 2015 turns into 2016. If you’re an avionics maker or an installment or repair shop that focuses on…
Editor's NotePlanning, Positioning, Processing: A Look into Real-Time Aircraft Monitoring Systems that enable the ability to monitor the aircraft in real time from the ground are coming to term in ways that can offer operators enormous benefits. With 58 percent of respondents…