Commercial

Orbital ATK Begins Building Dreamliner Composite Frames

Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Photo: Boeing [Avionics Today 02-18-2015] Orbital ATK has begun manufacturing the advanced composite primary structures for Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner in the Freeport Composites Center in Clearfield, Utah. Orbital is…

Business & GA

Changing Attitudes about IFC Drive Revenue, Opportunity

Aircraft switching from beam to beam or satellite to satellite. Photo: ViaSat [Avionics Today 02-17-2015] Changing attitudes about In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) may lead the way to monetizing the market. This is the…

Business & GA

DAC, ABC Partner on EFB Installation

[Avionics Today 02-17-2015] DAC International has partnered with ABC Completions on to convert an existing Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) mount into an iPad tablet mount. The FAA recently approved ABC Completions for…

Military

Egypt Selects Rafale

[Avionics Today 02-17-2015] Under a new agreement between Egypt and Dassault Aviation, the Egyptian Air Force will now be equipped with the Rafale fight. According to Dassault, the Rafale is the latest…

Embedded Avionics

US Navy to Add Mission Capabilities to P-8A Poseidon

[Avionics Today 02-17-2015] The U.S. Navy has awarded Raytheon a $15.5 million contract to provide its fleet of P-8A Poseidon maritime surveillance aircraft with an open system application-based architecture (ABA). Under the…

Commercial

Ducommun Wins A350 XWB Support Contract

[Avionics Today 02-17-2015] Airbus has awarded an A350 XWB support contract to Ducommun to provide titanium components for titanium assemblies that will be installed on the aft fuselage section of the jet.…

Business & GA

Satcom Direct Launches AeroIT

[Avionics Today 02-17-2015] Satcom Direct has announced the launch of AeroIT to address the need for aircraft technicians to become more knowledgeable about Information Technology (IT) related aspects of installing airborne communication…