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 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,…