Business & GAHondaJet Stretches its Wings with FAA Provisional Type Certification HondaJet in flight. Photo: HondaJet [Avionics Today 03-30-2015] The FAA has granted the HondaJet Provisional Type Certification (PTC) design approval for the jet based on certification testing, design reviews and analyses completed…
Business & GAFAA Blanket COA Eases Restrictions on Commercial UAS Operations Unmanned Aircraft System. Photo: Yann Caradec (Flickr) [Avionics Today 03-27-15] The FAA has introduced an interim policy that will slash some red tape for Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) commercial operators. Under the…
CommercialAvanti to Bring SBAS to Africa [Avionics Today 03-27-2015] The U.K. Space Agency has selected Avanti Communications to deploy the Satellite Based Augmentation System for Africa (SBAS-Africa) project. Under a contract through the agency's International Partnership Space Program…
CommercialANA Finalizes 787-10 Orders [Avionics Today 03-27-2015] Japanese carrier All Nippon Airways (ANA) has finalized a $900 million order for three Boeing 787-10 Dreamliners. ANA is the first airline in Asia that will operate the entire…
CommercialEASA: Ensure Two Crew in the Cockpit [Avionics Today 03-27-2015] In light of the recent events of the fatal Germanwings flight 4U9525, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) issued a temporary recommendation for airlines to ensure that at least…
Business & GAHoneywell and Inmarsat Pair to Move Aviation Internet into the Next Century The Inmarsat satellite network that will deliver aviation broadband. Photo: Inmarsat [Avionics Today 03-25-2015] Honeywell and Inmarsat’s JetWave MCS 8200 completed over-the-air testing of the onboard datacom system earlier this month, possibly…
CommercialLufthansa CEO: Germanwings Co-pilot 'Appears' to Have Crashed Airplane [Avionics Today 03-26-2015] During a press conference on Thursday, March 26, Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr confirmed that evidence from the Germanwings flight 4U 9525 investigation leads to a most likely conclusion that…
Business & GATextron Expands ProAdvantage to Hawker Jets [Avionics Today 03-26-2015] Textron Aviation is expanding the coverage of its ProAdvantage product support program to the Hawker 125 series, which includes the Hawker 400 series business jets and the 750, 800,…
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