ATM ModernizationNASA and Korea Ink Agreement to Further ATM Technologies Jaiwon Shin, NASA’s associate administrator for Aeronautics Research, and Jaeboong Lee, president of the Korea Agency for Infrastructure Technology Advancement, signed an agreement Nov. 17, 2014 in Seoul, South Korea. Photo: NASA…
Business & GAAEA Third Quarter Report Indicates Sales Slowdown Photo: Wikipedia [Avionics Today 11-20-2014] Business and General Aviation (GA) avionics sales this summer dropped 5 percent, according to the Aircraft Electronics Association’s (AEA) third-quarter 2014 Avionics Market Report. In the three-month…
Business & GANTSB Overturns Former FAA UAS Ruling An aerial photography UAS. Photo: flickr [Avionics Today 11-19-2014] The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined that aerial photographer Raphael Pirker had operated an Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) recklessly over the…
Business & GASkyWest Makes the Move to All-Jet Fleet The SkyWest Embraer 120 Brasilia. Photo: Wikipedia [Avionics Today 11-19-2014] SkyWest Airlines intends to transition to an all-jet fleet by removing all remaining 30-seat Embraer 120 Brasilia turboprop aircraft from service by…
ATM ModernizationNATS Unveils Real-Time Flight Efficiency Tool The Flight Optimization System (FLOSYS) developed by NATS. Photo: NATS [Avionics Today 11-19-2014] Air Traffic Controllers (ATCs) are now able to analyze the environmental efficiency of flights in near real-time, thanks to…
CommercialLufthansa Technik Puerto Rico Facility to Offer Maintenance, Training The ground breaking at the Lufthansa Puerto Rico overhaul facility. Photo: Lufthansa [Avionics Today 11-19-2014] Lufthansa Technik has begun construction on the company’s new overhaul facility in Puerto Rico. The maintenance division…
ATM ModernizationEurocontrol and EDA Collaborate to Provide SESAR Military Perspective Claude-France Arnould, EDA Chief Executive and Frank Brenner, Director General of Eurocontrol sign the agreement [Avionics Today 11-19-2014] Eurocontrol and the European Defence Agency (EDA) have signed a joint work agreement in…
Business & GANew Study Finds Vulnerabilities in Mobile Information Cockpit Systems [Avionics Today 11-18-2014] A new study produced by a group of computer scientists has discovered vulnerabilities in a new class of iPad apps and mobile cockpit receivers commonly used by today's General…