Business & GACitation Latitude Makes Public Debut at NBAA [Avionics Today 10-20-2014] Cessna's latest midsize business aircraft, the Citation Latitude, is making its public debut at NBAA 2014. The aircraft on display is one of four Latitudes currently flying in the…
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…
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…
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…