Business & GABusiness Aviation Techs Look to Catch up to Evolving Connectivity Technology [Avionics Today 10-17-2014] As Wi-Fi networks increasingly become standard on modern aircraft, aviation maintenance personnel are finding their workloads becoming increasingly more complex. Nowhere is this more of an issue than in…
Business & GARockwell Collins to Offer FANS 1/A for Bombardier Challenger 604 Bombardier Challenger 604. Photo: Marshall Aerospace [Avionics Today 10-17-2014] Rockwell Collins will offer Future Airspace Navigation System (FANS) 1/A capability for Bombardier’s Challenger 604 aircraft equipped with Rockwell Collins Pro Line 4…
CommercialA Day in the Sun: Alta and Airware Integrate Solar Power into Small UAVs Solar UAV artist rendering. Photo: Alta Devices [Avionics Today 10-17-2014] Alta Devices has announced cooperation with Airware to enable manufacturers of small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to integrate solar power into their…
ATM ModernizationGarmin Introduces Stand-Alone ADS-B Solution for Business and Transport Aircraft Garmin Introduces Stand-Alone ADS-B Solution for Business and Transport Aircraft. Photo: Garmin [Avionics Today 10-17-2014] Garmin and partners from the company’s authorized dealer network will provide a stand-alone Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B)…
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…