ATM ModernizationThe Top Five Key Civil Aviation MRO Trends to Watch Out for in 2015 [Avionics Today 01-12-2015] Kevin Deal, vice president of Aerospace & Defense at IFS North America puts on his Google glasses and predicts the top five trends he sees making a big impact…
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)…
CommercialLufthansa to Provide Moog Products on 787 and A350 Lufthansa aircraft hanger. Photos: Luftansa Technik [Avionics Today 01-09-2015] Lufthansa Technik has inked a contract with Moog to make Lufthansa an authorized service provider for Moog's flight control products on both the…
CommercialFAA Grants Further Exemptions for Commercial UAS Use Phantom 2 Vision + quadcopter to be used for real estate surveillance as newly granted by the FAA. Photo: hobbyfly.com [Avionics Today 01-09-2015] As the industry holds its breath for the FAA…
CommercialUAS to Assist in South African Wildlife Trafficking James Bell and Deidre Patin stand next to an unmanned aerial vehicle at Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division China Lake, Calif. A presidential executive order led to the two participating in…
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…
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…