Business & GARemanufactured BizJet Nextant G90XT Completes Maiden Flight G90XT aircraft. Photo: Nextant Aerospace [Avionics Today 01-20-2015] Nextant Aerospace’s new G90XT turboprop aircraft has successfully completed its first test flight. The G90XT is a remanufactured King Air C90A that features the…
CommercialAirbus Turns to New Recyclable Composites Airbus engineers displaying thermoplastic carbon-fibre reinforced plastic material. Photo: Airbus [Avionics Today 01-20-2015] Airbus is working to maximize benefit of thermoplastic Carbon-Fibre Reinforced Plastic (CFRP) material in aircraft production. Airbus believes this…
ATM ModernizationNATS Reports CO2 Reduction Saves Millions Flosys, a tool that analyzes the environmental efficiency of flights, trailed by NATS to improve C02 impact. Photo: NATS [Avionics Today 01-20-2015] NATS efforts to reduce the environmental impact of aviation are…
ATM ModernizationIndonesian Transport Minister Sites Rapid Ascent as Possible Cause of QZ8501 Crash AirAsia Flight QZ8501 flight path. Photo: Wikimedia [Avionics Today 01-20-2015] Indonesia’s transport minister, Ignasius Jonan, stated that AirAsia flight QZ8501 climbed at an abnormally fast rate before disappearing from radar, AP…
CommercialGEE Brings Satellite Connectivity to New 737s [Avionics Today 01-20-2015] Global Eagle Entertainment's (GEE) Ku-band satellite connectivity system provisions will now be offerable on new Boeing 737 airplanes — the most popular commercial aircraft offering. The two companies are…
ATM ModernizationNetJets Europe to Lead Augmented Approaches to Land Project [Avionics Today 01-16-2015] NetJets Europe is leading the efforts of a 15-company, eight-country alliance uniting to validate the ability of augmented vision and satellite-based navigation technologies to improve access into a range…
ATM ModernizationUK Airports Drop in Flight Punctuality, CAA Reports [Avionics Today 01-16-2015] Flight punctuality at United Kingdom airports fell in the third quarter of 2014 compared with the same period in 2013, according to the U.K.’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). On-time…
ATM ModernizationMedia 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…
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