CommercialEL AL Decides on 15 Dreamliners to Upgrade Fleet El Al 787 Dreamliner, rendering. Photo: El Al [Avionics Today 08-06-2015] EL AL Israel Airlines has announced its intent to purchase and lease up to 15 Boeing 787 Dreamliners, with purchase rights…
Business & GAFacebook Completes Construction on Aquila UAS Facebook’s completed Aquila UAS. Photo: Facebook [Avionics Today 08-06-2015] Facebook has completed construction of its first full-scale Aquila Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) as part of its Internet.org effort, company CEO Mark Zuckerberg…
CommercialIAG Orders 31 Airbus Widebodies Photo: Airbus [Avionics Today 08-06-2015] International Airlines Group (IAG) has signed a firm order for 31 Airbus aircraft, which includes 11 wide-body aircraft — eight A350-900s and three A330-200s — and 20…
ATM ModernizationMalaysia Airlines Confirms Flaperon Recovery a Part of MH370 [Avionics Today 08-06-2015] [Avionics Today 08-06-2015] Malaysia Airlines has confirmed that the Boeing 777 flaperon reportedly discovered by the Australian Transport Safety bureau on the French island of Reunion in the Indian…
Business & GARockwell Collins DF-500 Ups the Ante for Search and Rescue Graphic illustrating how the DF-500 system pinpoints distress signals. Photo: Rockwell Collins [Avionics Today 08-06-2015] Rockwell Collins has introduced its new DF-500 Direction Finder for Search and Rescue (SAR) missions. The system…
CommercialACARS Over IP a Future Possibility for SITA [Avionics Today 08-05-2015] SITA OnAir is working on different methods to augment support for the communications that occur daily on its worldwide air-to-ground Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS) services network.…
CommercialSTG Aerospace Completes 'Holistic' Lighting Installation Holistic lighting aboard the Dreamjet, La Compagnie Boeing 757-200. Photo: STG Aerospace [Avionics Today 08-05-2015] STG Aerospace has completed installation of a saf-Tglo SuperSeal UltraLite (SSUL) emergency floorpath marking system with OverCarpet…
Business & GAMitsubishi Opens Seattle Engineering Arm to Accelerate MRJ Flight Testing Mitsubishi Regional Jet. Photo: Mitsubishi [Avionics Today 08-05-2015] Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation opened and started full operations of the Seattle Engineering Center (SEC) in Seattle, Wash., which aims to assist with certification activities…