Commercial Royal Air Maroc Contracts GEE to Provide Africa with IFE A Royal Air Maroc Flight. Photo: Aero Icarus (Flickr) [Aviation Today 08-20-2014] Global Eagle Entertainment (GEE), provider of content, connectivity and digital media solutions to airlines, signed an agreement with Royal Air…
ATM Modernization Airlines to Decide Flight Ops as Volcano Threat Looms [Avionics Today 08-20-2014] Eurocontrol is "more prepared" to assist with operators dealing with volcanic ash, the agency said in response to a report of an increased risk of the Bárðarbunga volcano system…
ATM Modernization Wind River Virtualizes RTOS [Avionics Today 08-19-14] California-based embedded-systems software company Wind River is upping the ante on their VxWorks Real-Time Operating System (RTOS) by introducing a virtualization profile for its next-generation version. The virtualization profile…
Embedded Avionics Pilatus Provides a Better View with New EVS Pilatus PC-12 EVS Sensor. Photo: Pilatus [Avionics Today 08-19-2014] Pilatus Centre Canada (PCC) has been granted a Transport Canada Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for the recently developed Pilatus PC-12 Enhanced Vision Systems…
Commercial Manned and Unmanned Systems: Expanding Integration [Avionics Today 08-19-2014] Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy made history this weekend by operating manned and unmanned carrier aircraft in the same controlled landing pattern at the same time.
Business & GA Cirrus Expands Sales to India dam Hahn, director of sales for Cirrus Aircraft; and Roohi Bali, sales manager for Cirrus India, signing contract in Duluth, Minn. Photo: Cirrus Aircraft [Avionics Today 08-19-2014] Cirrus Aircraft, an all-composite personal…
Commercial Virgin America Appoints New Vice President of Flight Operations A Virgin America Flight. Photo: Virgin America [Avionics Today 08-19-2014] Virgin America announced Brad Thomann as the new vice president of flight operations, effective immediately. Thomann, who has more than 30 years…
Business & GA Into the Eye of the Storm: IntuVue RDR-4000 3-D Radar [Avionics Today 08-19-2014] The oldest model of the Convair 580 still in operation is, ironically, the test aircraft for Honeywell’s groundbreaking new RDR-4000 IntuVue 3-D Radar technology. From the cockpit of the…