CommercialDelta Upgrades Fleet with 50 New Airbus Aircraft The soon to be replaced Delta Airlines Boeing 747 aircraft. Photo: Wikipedia [Avionics Today 11-21-2014] Delta Air Lines will replace older generation Boeing 747 and 767 aircraft with Airbus A350-900 and A330-900neo.…
Embedded AvionicsAGI Software Enhances Air Force AMC Tech for Humanitarian Relief GLADS software solution. Photo: Analytical Graphics, Inc. [Avionics Today 11-21-2014] Analytical Graphics, Inc. (AGI), has been awarded a contract by Air Mobility Command (AMC) to provide a Global Awareness Decision Support (GLADS)…
Business & GAChinese Aviation Authorities to Evaluate Energy-Saving EGTS Electric Taxiing System [Avionics Today 11-21-2014] Honeywell and Safran have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with China Aviation Energy & Emission Solutions (CAAES) to evaluate the benefits of the EGTS electric taxiing system for…
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…
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…
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