Business & GA

Asian OEM Adds Star Navigation as Approved Vendor

Diagram of the STAR-ADS service, included in the Asian OEM contract. Photo: Star Navigation [Avionics Today 08-18-15] Star Navigation Systems has become an approved vendor to a major Asian aircraft and avionics…

Business & GA

Aero Kinetics, GridMeNow Partner to Develop the ‘Uber’ of UAS

[Avionics Today 08-18-15] Aero Kinetics and GridMeNow have announced a partnership to incorporate GridMeNow’s mobile, real-time tracking solutions into Aero Kinetics’ multi-rotor Vertical Takeoff and Land (VTOL) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). The…

ATM Modernization

Connectivity Creates New Operations Landscape for GEE

[Avionics Today 08-18-2015] Global Eagle Entertainment (GEE) is looking to capitalize on connectivity in ways that will allow airlines to up operational efficiency by exploiting Big Data. GEE has jumpstarted a new…

ATM Modernization

FAA Attributes Software Glitch to ERAM Upgrade

FAA’s ERAM ATC computing system. Photo: FAA [Avionics Today 08-18-15] The FAA identified a recent software upgrade to Air Traffic Control’s (ATC) En Route Automation Modernization (ERAM) system at the Leesburg, Va.,…

ATM Modernization

UPDATE - ERAM Not the Cause of Major Flight Delays, FAA Says 

UPDATE: [Avionics Today 08-18-2015] - Please note, the FAA has released an updated statement indicating that it has discovered a recent software upgrade associated with the En Route Automation Modernization (ERAM) system was connected to…

Commercial

Indigo Firms Orders for 250 A320neo

IndiGo A320. Photo: Airbus [Avionics Today 08-17-2015] India’s largest domestic airline by market share, IndiGo has firmed up last year’s commitment to order 250 A320neo Family aircraft. “This new order further reaffirms…