ATM Modernization

Media and Virginia Tech Team Up to Bring UAS to the Newsroom

[Avionics Today 01-16-2015] A coalition of 10 news media companies have partnered with Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) to test small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) to gather news. Virginia…

Commercial

Air Europa Orders $3.6 Million in Dreamliners

Air Europa Boeing 787-9 aircraft. Photo: Boeing [Avionics Today 01-16-2015] Air Europa has announced an order for 14 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners, valued at $3.6 billion at list prices — the largest ever…

Business & GA

Bombardier Suspends Learjet 85 Program Indefinitely

[Avionics Today 01-16-2014] Bombardier has announced it will immediately halt work on its Learjet 85 aircraft program due to what they site is a lack of market demand for the midsize business…

ATM Modernization

FAA Issues Final Rule on Safety Management Systems

FAA Administrator Michael Huerta delivers SMS final rule at a press conference on Jan. 8. Photo: Department of Transportation [Avionics Today 01-15-2015] The FAA is aiming to make commercial aviation safer with…

Business & GA

Boeing, Embraer Partner to Bring Biofuels to Brazil

[Avionics Today 01-15-2015] Boeing and Embraer have opened a joint sustainable aviation biofuel research center in Brazil. The collaborative effort to further establish the aviation biofuel industry is located at the Boeing-Embraer…

Business & GA

DAC Inks Distribution Deal with Mid-Continent Instruments and Avionics

Photo: DAC International [Avionics Today 01-15-2015] DAC International has reached a distribution agreement with Mid-Continent Instruments and Avionics, a company that overhauls, exchanges, repairs and manufactures avionics and power solutions. Mid-Continent Instruments…