Editor's NoteChallenges in the Commercial Aircraft Sector With aircraft selling at record volumes, the commercial aircraft industry faces a production challenge — and this may be only the beginning. A combination of low interest rates and readily available financing,…
Editor's NoteInmarsat Exec Talks About Operator’s Role in Search for MH370 The search to find out what happened to the MH370 flight began in earnest. As days ticked on by, it became apparent there would be no happy ending and that those on…
Business & GADassault Systemes Renews Partnership with Solar Impulse Initiative Solar Impulse 2 first flight. Photo: Solar Impulse [Avionics Today 11-26-2014] Dassault Systèmes announced the renewal of its ongoing technical partnership with Solar Impulse and publicly committed itself to the next phases…
CommercialAirbus Partners with Toulouse Engineering School to Encourage Well-Rounded Future Engineers Marc Jouenne, head of human resources for airbus France and Talal Masri, director of ENIT. Photo: Airbus [Avionics Today 11-26-2014] Airbus and the Toulouse-based Tarbes National Engineering School (ENIT, for it’s name…
ATM ModernizationFAA Sees Need to Up Flexibility, Accelerate Next Gen Following Chicago ATC Fire Chicago O'Hare International Airport. Photo: Chicago O'Hare International Airport [Avionics Today 11-26-2014] After reviewing contingency plans and security protocols after an October fire at the Chicago Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC),…
MilitaryBoeing Delivers Sixth Indian P-8I Maritime Patrol Aircraft The Boeing P-8I maritime patrol aircraft. Photo: Boeing [Avionics Today 11-26-2014] Boeing delivered the sixth P-8I maritime patrol aircraft to the Naval Air Station Rajali in India, on schedule, to join five…
ATM ModernizationHoneywell and Hughes to Introduce PBN to Myanmar Airspace [Avionics Today 11-26-2014] Honeywell Aerospace and Hughes Aerospace will assist Myanmar’s Yangon and Mandalay international airports to develop satellite-based navigation technologies for optimizing takeoff and landing routes. Performance-based Navigation (PBN) procedures, made…
ATM ModernizationBohlke Uses Connectivity to Navigate the Islands and Beyond [Avionics Today 11-26-2104] The Caribbean islands region can present some difficult weather-related flying environments, but aircraft connectivity is helping pilots in the region deal with those challenges everyday. Virgin Islands-based charter carrier…