ATM ModernizationPace and UTC Aerospace Introduce EFB App to Up Fuel Efficiency Pacelab Flight Profile Optimizer for iPad. Photo: Pace [Avionics Today 08-03-2015] Aerospace software provider Pace has teamed up with UTC Aerospace Systems to provide pilots with a fuel efficiency application available on…
ATM ModernizationErickson’s S-64 Aircrane to Receive Avionics Upgrades Erickson S-64 Aircrane. Photo: Erickson [Avionics Today 08-03-2015] Erickson is introducing newly designed and certified avionics upgrades for the S-64 Aircrane to improve situational awareness for aircraft pilots. The company has installed…
ATM ModernizationLockheed Martin Launches Tech to Ease UAS, Manned Communications Rendering of NASA’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) integration in the National Airspace System (NAS). Photo: NASA [Avionics Today 08-03-2015] Lockheed Martin has deployed the first components of an Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)…
CommercialUS Airlines See Record Quarterly Profits [Avionics Today 07-29-2015] U.S.-based commercial airlines have been seeing encouragingly high quarterly revenue spikes. With many, such as United Airlines and Alaska Air, reporting record numbers for the second quarter 2015, alongside…
Editor's NoteNew Family of Portable ADTS Instruments for Compliant Pitot-Static Testing from GE The new ADTS500 Series from the Druck product line of GE Measurement & Control introduces Bluetooth® technology with a remote touch/swipe screen, hand terminal to provide an easy-to-use, compliant, portable and…
CommercialInsitu Wins Contract to Build Six RQ-21A Blackjack UAS for US Navy RQ-21A Blackjack UAS. Photo: Navair [Avionics Today 07-31-2015] Insitu has signed a contract to build six RQ-21A Blackjack systems for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. The $78-million Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft…
Business & GABoeing Moves AM&S to New Oklahoma City Facility Mayor Mick Cornett, Commissioner Brian Maughan, President of Boeing Global Services and Support Leanne Caret, Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin and Boeing Oklahoma City Site Director Jeb Boatman pushed an E-6B aircraft throttle…
Business & GAEmbraer, Bombardier See Delays, Depreciation and Market Softness in Q2 [Avionics Today 07-31-2015] Second quarter 2105 earnings for both biz jet giants, Bombardier and Embraer, have turned up troubled revenues despite an uptick in aircraft sales. Bombardier has been sailing rough seas…