Commercial Thales Completes Acquisition of LiveTV [Avionics Today June 10, 2014] Thales has completed its acquisition of In-Flight Entertainment (IFE) provider LiveTV from JetBlue Airways for $399 million in cash, the New York-based airline said. JetBlue first began…
Commercial FAA Opens Third UAS Test Site [Avionics Today June 9, 2014] The FAA has approved the opening of its third congressionally mandated Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) testing site at Desert Rock Airport in Nevada. Researchers at the Nevada…
Commercial Hermes 900 Chosen as Swiss UAS Replacement [Avionics Today June 9, 2014] The Swiss Armed Forces has selected Elbit Systems' Hermes 900 HFE as the replacement for its current Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). Under a 2015 arms procurement deal, the…
Commercial American Airlines to Add Connectivity to New CRJ900s [Avionics Today June 9, 2014] American Airlines has signed an agreement with Gogo to add Air to Ground (ATG) in-flight connectivity on a fleet of 30 new Bombardier CRJ-900 NextGen jets. The U.S.-based…
Commercial Honeywell Discusses Next Generation of Aerospace Technology [Avionics Today June 6, 2014] Within the next 10-20 years, aerospace technology is going to evolve even more than it has during the first century of commercial aviation which is being commemorated in…
ATM Modernization The Four New Priorities of NextGen [Avionics Today June 5, 2014] A committee providing aviation industry insight on the FAA's implementation of NextGen has produced a new list of the top four priorities that the industry wants the agency…
ATM Modernization NextGen Procedures Go Live in Houston Metroplex [Avionics Today June 5, 2014] Benefits from the FAA's NextGen aviation infrastructure modernization project are taking shape in the Houston Metroplex, where last week a total of 50 new airspace procedures--aimed at allowing…
Business & GA Preventing Data Fraud on ‘Endless Wish List’ for Aircraft Connectivity [Avionics Today June 5, 2014] President of TMF Associates Tim Farrar looked out at the 300-plus aviation professionals at the inaugural Global Connected Aircraft Summit (GCA Summit) and took a guess. “Maybe it’s…