Business & GASideways: Texas Students Collaborate on Vertical-Capability Rotary UAS Luis Garcia Carrillo works with a student to test unmanned aerial vehicles capable of vertical flight. Photo: tamucc (flickr) [Avionics Today 11-12-2014] Students at Texas A&M University are currently developing an Unmanned…
Business & GANew Jeppesen Electronic Flight Folder Aims to Enhance Flight Planning Jeppesen offices. Photo: Sunlakes Aero Club [Avionics Today 11-12-2014] Jeppesen has introduced a new Electronic Flight Folder (EFF) service that aims to enhance flight-planning operations for airlines. The new EFF service increases…
ATM ModernizationNATS CEO Urges Market-Based Approach to ATM Over Lagging Regulation [Avionics Today 11-12-2014] Addressing transport officials in Rome last week, NATS CEO Richard Deakin urged the European Commission to take a new approach to reforming the fragmented European air traffic network. Richard…
CommercialSafran and AVIC Enter into Turboprop Engine Joint Venture [Avionics Today 11-12-2014] Safran and AVIC signed, through their respective companies Snecma and SAIC, a framework agreement on the creation of a joint venture in China for the production of turboprop engine…
Business & GAUTC to Provide Air Management Systems to AVIC MA700 Model of the MA 700 aircraft. Photo: Wikipedia [Avionics Today 11-12-2014] UTC Aerospace Systems signed a letter of intent with AVIC Xi'an Aircraft Company of China to provide air management systems, including…
CommercialAirbus Wins US Approval for A350 [Avionics Today 11-12-2014] Airbus has received Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) type certification for the first variant of its latest commercial airliner, the A350-900 XWB. The agency's approval of the newest version of…
CommercialThales Equips Avionics on Lion Air’s A320 Fleet Artist rendering of the Lion Air A320. Photo: Airbus [Avionics Today 11-11-2014] Thales will equip Indonesian airline Lion Air’s new Airbus A320 fleet of 234 aircraft with its avionics package. The avionics…
Business & GAEmbraer’s Third Quarter Results Reveal Declining Revenues Photo: Embraer [Avionics Today 11-11-2014] Embraer has released its 2014 third quarter results in which revenues totaled more than $1.2 billion for a year-over-year decline of 3.8 percent. Lesser revenues were a…