CommercialGlobal Eagle Sees Traditional Content Supporting IFC Business Global Eagle Entertainment CEO Dave Davis. Photo: Row 44 [Avionics Today 01-09-2015] In-Flight entertainment and connectivity provider Global Eagle Entertainment (GEE) is not worried that burgeoning demand for In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) services…
MilitaryBoeing Advanced F-22 Simulators Promise Mission F-22 Raptor. Photo: Rob Shenk via Wikipedia [Avionics Today 01-09-2015] Ground-based training for the F-22 Raptor just got more realistic with Boeing’s delivery of the first F-22 Raptor training simulators with an…
ATM ModernizationSWIM Team: FAA, Rockwell Collins and ERAU Enhance Situational Awareness [Avionics Today 01-09-2015] Rockwell Collins has joined with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) in a two-phase launch of the Aircraft Access to System-Wide Information Management (SWIM) program, which uses National Airspace System (NAS)…
ATM ModernizationFour Avionics Mandates to Watch Out for in 2015 [Avionics Today 01-09-2014] As the skies are becoming ever more crowded, regulatory authorities, such as the FAA and the EASA, continue to implement new rules and regulations aimed at making air travel…
CommercialFellow Finnish Companies Join Finnair Regional Flying Joint Venture A Flybe flight. Photo: Flybe [Avionics Today 01-08-2014] Finnish companies Staffpoint and GWS will soon become shareholders in a Finnair’s Joint Venture (JV) Flybe, which focuses on regional flying. Finnair has signed…
ATM ModernizationAirbus and German Aerospace Center Use Lasers to Analyze In-Flight Aerodynamics Laser measurements on the wing of the ATRA research aircraft. Photo: DLR [Avionics Today 01-08-2014] Researchers at the German Aerospace Center Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), in collaboration with Airbus,…
CommercialCAE Nails Down Contracts Worth $100 Million for Flight Simulators CAE flight simulators. Photo: CAE [Avionics Today 01-08-2014] CAE has sold eight Full-Flight Simulators (FFSs) to customers in Australia, Asia, the Middle East and Europe. The contracts are worth more than $100…
ATM ModernizationSearch and Rescue Turns Up QZ8501 Tail Piece An AirAsia flight. Photo: Wikicommons [Avionics Today 01-08-2014] The Search and Rescue (SAR) team currently searching for debris from AirAsia flight QZ 8501 has managed to locate the tail of the aircraft…