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ATM Modernization

Airbus Prosky to Bring PBN to Tijuana, Guadalajara

[Avionics Today 07-23-2015] Low-cost airline Volaris has selected Airbus ProSky to assist in deploying Performance Based Navigation (PBN) airspaces at Tijuana and Guadalajara International Airports. The deployment of Required Navigation Performance (RNP)…

Embedded Avionics

Boeing Shows Off Global Xpress for Military Networks

[Avionics Today 07-22-2015] Boeing is completing the first tests of military Ka-band service available through the Inmarsat-5 F2 commercial communications satellite, part of Inmarsat’s Global Xpress network. The demonstrations to securely transmit…

ATM Modernization

Avidyne Invites Developers to Invent Applications

Avidyne IFD540 FMS/GPS/NAV/COMs flight management system. Photo: Avidyne [Avionics Today 07-22-2015] Avidyne Corporation, a provider of integrated avionics and safety systems for General Aviation (GA) aircraft, has released a new Software Developer…

Business & GA

UTC CEO Speaks to ‘Market Softness’ Amid Sikorsky Sale

United Technologies Corporation CEO Gregory Hayes. Photo: UTC [Avionics Today 07-22-2015] After reporting a $9 billion sale of its Sikorsky Aircraft unit to Lockheed Martin earlier this week, United Technologies Corporation (UTC)…

Business & GA

Boeing Forecasts Steep Demand for Pilots, Technicians

[Avionics Today 07-21-2015] Boeing released a new forecast showing continued strong demand for commercial airline pilots and maintenance technicians as the world's airlines add 38,000 airplanes to the global fleet over the…

Business & GA

FAA Selects ATCorp to Support NextGen Engineering and Labor

[Avionics Today 07-21-2015] The FAA has awarded ATCorp a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to provide specialized engineering and technical labor resources to support the FAA's Next Generation Air…