CommercialNASA Completes First Round of Tests on Boeing ecoDemonstrator The Boeing 787 ecoDemonstrator. Photo: NASA [Avionics Today 04-21-2015] NASA researchers have wrapped up a series of flight experiments with Boeing's ecoDemonstrator 757 airplane to assess the effect of tiny devices called…
ATM ModernizationLawmakers Considering Bill to Privatize U.S. Air Traffic Control [Avionics Today 04-21-2015] A new bill introduced by Congressman John Mica, R-Fla., would privatize Air Traffic Control (ATC) in the United States, as the FAA continues to modernize the system. The proposed…
Business & GAGogo Announces Largest IFE Fleet Program to Date [Avionics Today 04-20-2015] One of the biggest names in business aviation, NetJets, recently completed the largest aircraft cabin connectivity purchase in its 50-year history. Gogo Business Aviation announced an agreement with the…
Business & GAHoneywell Releases New Weather App to Help Divert Pilots Around Storms Version 1 of Honeywell’s new real-time weather radar app. Photo: Honeywell [Avionics Today 04-20-2015] Honeywell Aerospace has released the first version of a new online weather service that will provide pilots with…
CommercialUTC Brings Active Side-Sticks to Commercial Aviation Mock up of the Irkus MC-21 cockpit, which will be fitted with active side stick. Photo: Alex Beltyukov via Wikipedia [Avionics Today 04-20-2015] UTC Aerospace Systems is developing an active side-stick controller…
CommercialAirbus Defense and Space Focuses C212 Support in Mobile, Alabama Juan Uriarte, head of Airbus Defense and Space U.S. military aircraft services greets Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson at the first U.S. C212 aircraft operators conference last year in Mobile, Ala. Photo: Airbus…
ATM ModernizationGarmin Upgrades G500/G600 Flight Display Systems G600 flight display. Photo: Business Wire [Avionics Today 04-20-2015] Garmin International has announced enhanced capability and an expanded feature set for its Gulfstream G500/G600 aircraft glass flight display systems. The upgrade includes…
Business & GAJeppesen Adds Automatic Audio Warnings to Mobile FliteDeck VFR Jeppesen Mobile FliteDeck VFR. Photo: Jeppesen Avionics Today 04-17-2015] Jeppesen has teamed with aviation headset provider Sennheiser to introduce automatic audio warnings as a new feature of its Mobile FliteDeck VFR. The…