MilitaryUS Navy’s E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Warfighter Achieves IOC E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft. Photo: US Navy [Avionics Today 10-17-2014] The Airborne Command Control and Logistics Wing of Naval Air Systems Command announced earlier this week that the latest variant of the…
MilitaryDOD Looks to Performance-Based Logistics to Cut Costs The Pentagon, headquarters of the United States Department of Defense. Photo: Wikipedia [Avionics Today 10-17-2014] At the Bookings Institution in Washington, D.C., earlier this week, national security experts and industry leaders met…
ATM ModernizationMITRE, FAA Stress Collaboration in NextGen Assessment [Avionics Today 10-16-2014] Deployment of the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) has been the chief focus for the FAA in recent years. A new management structure was set in place a…
CommercialUnited Brings Gogo Connectivity to Customers United Airlines flight. Photo: Wikipedia [Avionics Today 10-16-2014] Gogo has been selected by United Airlines to bring in-flight Internet service to it’s two-cabin regional jet fleet. Installation of Wi-Fi services, which will…
CommercialEASA Certifies A350 XWB for Up To 370 Minute ETOPS The Airbus A350 XWB. Photo: Airbus [Avionics Today 10-16-2014] The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has approved the new Airbus A350-900 for Extended-range Twin engine aircraft Operations (ETOPS) “Beyond 180 minutes” diversion…
Embedded AvionicsPratt & Whitney Deliver Seventh Lot of Propulsion Engines to DOD, Remedy Former Engine Mishaps F-35 Joint Strike Fighter for which Pratt & Whitney supply the propulsion systems. Photo: Pratt & Whitney [Avionics Today 10-16-2014] The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) awarded Pratt & Whitney a contract…
CommercialEmbraer Reaches Record Backlog in Third Quarter Embraer E175 E-Jet rendering. Photo: Embraer [Avionics Today 10-16-2014] By the end of the third quarter of 2014, Embraer’s firm order backlog reached $22.1 billion, the highest in the company’s history. The…
Business & GAEsterline CMC Electronics Modernizes Critical Flight Display Systems With ANSYS ANSYS SCADE Display specification example. Photo: ANSYS [Avionics Today 10-16-2014] Esterline CMC Electronics (CMC) is using ANSYS solutions to develop next-generation primary flight display systems for aircraft. Pilots rely on primary flight…