Business & GAThe Key to Connectivity: SmartSky Networks Partnerships, Technology Bolster Market Confidence [Avionics Today 11-21-2014] SmartSky Networks, the engineers of an up-and-coming aviation communications network, has announced SatCom Direct as the exclusive business aviation service provider for the network when it comes available in…
Business & GAUK Operators Catch a Break on SERA Rule Changes [Avionics Today 11-20-2014] The United Kingdom’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) announced that implementation of significant elements of the European Union’s Standardized European Rules of the Air (SERA) has been delayed. As a…
ATM ModernizationPassur Aerospace, Inform GmbH Combined Tech for Enhanced Turn-Management Solutions [Avionics Today 11-20-2014] Passur Aerospace and Inform GmbH are integrating their existing solutions for airline and airport turn management and hub control into a new, combined offering. Passur’s flight, airspace and airport…
Commercial5 Potential Commercial Uses of Unmanned Aircraft Systems [Avionics Today 11-20-2014] As the FAA moves closer to releasing its highly anticipated regulations for small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) and the agency's six testing sites throughout the U.S. continue to research…
CommercialBoeing Looks at New Technology on 787 ecoDemonstrator [Avionics Today 11-20-2014] Boeing's 787 ecoDemonstrator completed its first test flight this week. The airframe manufacturer is using the 787 ZA004 ecoDemonstrator to test more than 25 new technologies designed to improve…
ATM ModernizationFAA Implements Second NextGen Metroplex Project in North Texas [Avionics Today 11-20-2014] The FAA announced the implementation of its second completed metroplex program this week, the North Texas NextGen Metroplex project. According to the agency, the newly completed project will save…
Embedded AvionicsNorthrop Grumman New Open-Architecture DIRCM Laser Protects Crew and Cargo Northrop Grumman offices. Photo: Northrop Grumman [Avionics Today 11-20-2014] Northrop Grumman’s Laser Systems business unit has announced its new Viper 2.1 laser, featuring a form factor and interface for use on all…
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…