CommercialGEE and flydubai to Deploy Fully Integrated IFE&C flydubai aircraft on runway. Photo: flydubai [Avionics Today 06-23-2015] Global Eagle Entertainment (GEE) will equip Dubai-based airline flydubai's current and future fleet of Next-Generation (NG) Boeing 737-800 aircraft with GEE’s broadband AirConnect…
Business & GAHAL Selects L-3 TACAN+ for Light Utility Helicopter Program [Avionics Today 06-23-2015] Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has selected L-3 Aviation Products’ (L-3 AP) Tactical Airborne Navigation System (TACAN+) for HAL’s new Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) program. The TACAN+ transceiver is a…
Business & GAPremier Looks to Expand with Discovery Air Acquisition Inside view of Discovery Air Technical Services. Photo: DATS [Avionics Today 06-23-2015] Canadian-owned airframe Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) center Premier Aviation Overhaul Centre has executed an offer to purchase with Discovery…
ATM ModernizationNew TRU Simulation + Training Facility Gains Part 142 Certification New ProFlight center to offer Cessna CJ and Beechcraft King Air pilot training on Level D Full Flight Simulators. Photo: Textron [Avionics Today 06-23-2015] TRU Simulation + Training’s new ProFlight satellite pilot…
ATM ModernizationCentaur Flies Unmanned at New York UAS Test Site [Avionics Today 06-22-2015] Aurora Flight Sciences' optionally piloted Centaur aircraft completed multiple unmanned flights from the Grifiss International Airport in Rome, N.Y., last week. The flights were the first to feature a…
ATM ModernizationThales, Air France Ink Agreement for New EFB Software [Avionics Today 06-22-2015] Thales has partnered with Air France to develop and launch its new generation Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) application suite. The airline has signed on to help develop the solution…
Business & GARockwell Collins and GPS Source Demonstrate M-Code GPS Receiver in D3 The Rockwell Collins GB-GRAM-M. Photo: Rockwell Collins [Avionics Today 06-22-2015] GPS Source and Rockwell Collins have successfully demonstrated the ability of the Military-Code Ground-Based GPS Receiver Application Module (GB-GRAM-M) receiver card to…
CommercialLOT Cyber Attack Grounds Flights LOT aircraft. Photo: Wikipedia [Avionics Today 06-22-2015] Polish airline LOT reported an IT attack yesterday that affected the airline’s ground operation systems and grounded an estimated 10 aircraft. The attack left LOT…