Commercial

MDA to Provide Airbus with Communication Subsystems

Airbus headquarters in Toulouse, France. Photo: Airbus [Avionics Today 10-15-2014] Airbus Defense and Space has selected MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) a global communications and information company, to provide multiple unspecified communication…

Business & GA

New Gulfstream Family Looks to Foster Efficiency

Gulfstream G500 and G600 aircraft artist rendering. Photo: Gulfstream [Avionics Today 10-15-2014] Gulfstream Aerospace has introduced a new family of business jets: the G500 and G600. The new bizjets can fly 4,800…

ATM Modernization

Unmanned Vs. Manned: How Civil UAS is Shaping Up in Europe

[Avionics Today 10-15-2014] The European Commission, like many government agencies across the globe, is racing to regulate airspace for civil Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) as quickly as technology and business opportunities in…

ATM Modernization

Barcelona Airport Ready to Expand Helicopter Procedures

SESAR JU helicopter SNI during flight trials in June. Photo: SESAR JU [Avionics Today 10-14-2014] The Barcelona Airport is ready for new satellite-based helicopter flight procedures, after a series of flight trials…

ATM Modernization

FAA Restores Operations to Chicago ATC Center

Chicago O’Hare Airport. Photo: peddhapati (flickr) [Avionics Today 10-14-2014] Two weeks after its closure, the FAA has restored air traffic operations at the Chicago En Route Center in Aurora, Ill. The center…

Commercial

Boeing Starts Stringer Production for 737 MAX

Joggle Press operator Rich Harrison prepares the first 737 MAX fuselage stringer for the press by brushing on lubricant. Photo: Boeing [Avionics Today 10-14-2014] Boeing has started production of the first 737…