Commercial

Boeing Acquires 2d3 Sensing to Enhance ISR on UAS

2d3 Sensing launching a maritime UAS. Photo: 2d3 [Avionics Today 04-13-2015] Boeing has acquired 2d3 Sensing, a wholly owned subsidiary of OMG plc that specializes in motion imagery processing of critical Intelligence,…

Business & GA

Astronics Aerosat Scores First Flightstream VVIP Customer

Business passengers on laptop. Photo: Gogo [Avionics Today 04-10-2015] Astronics AeroSat has announced its first VVIP customer for its satellite broadband In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) solution, FliteStream. Associated Air Center, StandardAero's Large Transport…

Business & GA

FAA Grants TSO to L-3 Lynx NGT-9000 MSS

Lynx NGT-9000 MultiLink Surveillance System (MSS) in cockpit. Photo: L-3 [Avionics Today 04-10-2015] L-3 Aviation Products’ Lynx NGT-9000 MultiLink Surveillance System (MSS) models have received Technical Standard Order (TSO) authorization from the…

ATM Modernization

AEA, GAMA Look to Industry to Push Regulatory Change

The components to the combined ADS-B Out solution. Photo: Universal Avionics [Avionics Today 04-10-2015] Pete Bunce, president of the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA), opened the second day of the Aircraft Electronics…

Business & GA

FreeFlight Systems Introduces Upgraded ADS-B App

ADS-B View 2.0 weather and traffic display. Photo: Freelight  [Avionics Today 04-10-2015] FreeFlight Systems has released a new version of its iPad app to provide graphical weather, traffic and text data to…

Commercial

US and Panamanian Presidents Witness Historic Transaction

[Avionics Today 04-10-2015] United States President Barack Obama joined Panama President Juan Carlos Varela Rodriguez to witness the largest commercial transaction to ever take place between a Panamanian and U.S.-based company. The…

ATM Modernization

North America Remains Largest Market for GA Avionics Sales

[Avionics Today 04-09-2015] Sales of avionics for business and General Aviation (GA) aircraft in 2014 were fairly split between retrofitted and forward-fit equipment, according to the latest edition of the Aircraft Electronics…