CommercialJapan Ministry of Defense Selects Northrop Grumman Aircraft to Up ISR The Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk. Photo: Northrop Grumman [Avionics Today 01-22-2014] The Japanese Ministry of Defense has selected Northrop Grumman’s E-2D Advanced Hawkeye airborne early warning aircraft and the RQ-4 Global…
CommercialAlitalia Reveals New Business Strategy With Etihad Airways at the Helm Alitalia aircraft on runway. Photo: BriYYZ via flickr [Avionics Today 01-22-2014] The board of floundering Italian flag carrier Alitalia has revealed a new business strategy following the completion of equity investments by…
Business & GAFalconScan UAS Offers Commercial Capabilities Agricultural photo taken by FalconScan UAS. Photo: FalconScan [Avionics Today 01-22-2014] FalconScan Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) company has introduced a new aerial mapping camera system. The system capabilities include flight planning, guidance…
CommercialAirbus Turns to New Recyclable Composites Airbus engineers displaying thermoplastic carbon-fibre reinforced plastic material. Photo: Airbus [Avionics Today 01-20-2015] Airbus is working to maximize benefit of thermoplastic Carbon-Fibre Reinforced Plastic (CFRP) material in aircraft production. Airbus believes this…
ATM ModernizationNATS Reports CO2 Reduction Saves Millions Flosys, a tool that analyzes the environmental efficiency of flights, trailed by NATS to improve C02 impact. Photo: NATS [Avionics Today 01-20-2015] NATS efforts to reduce the environmental impact of aviation are…
ATM ModernizationIndonesian Transport Minister Sites Rapid Ascent as Possible Cause of QZ8501 Crash AirAsia Flight QZ8501 flight path. Photo: Wikimedia [Avionics Today 01-20-2015] Indonesia’s transport minister, Ignasius Jonan, stated that AirAsia flight QZ8501 climbed at an abnormally fast rate before disappearing from radar, AP…
CommercialGEE Brings Satellite Connectivity to New 737s [Avionics Today 01-20-2015] Global Eagle Entertainment's (GEE) Ku-band satellite connectivity system provisions will now be offerable on new Boeing 737 airplanes — the most popular commercial aircraft offering. The two companies are…
CommercialEasyJet, Partners Developing UAS Aircraft Inspection Technology [Avionics Today 01-21-2015] Airlines may soon have the ability to start performing aircraft recovery and inspection checks with Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). EasyJet is currently working with several partners to make this…