Embedded Avionics

Databus Testing: Balancing Cost and Throughput

The growth of commercially developed technologies needed to boost throughput and lower costs on board civil and military aircraft is putting the squeeze on databus developers. Ethernet systems, for example, now deployed…

Commercial

Southwest’s Listening Center Streamlines Customer Service

The listening center at Southwest Airlines headquarters in Dallas. Photo: Southwest [Avionics Today 08-29-14] Southwest Airlines has unveiled its Listening Center, which integrates social media, traditional media and operational data at the…

Commercial

Google[x] Reveals Project Wing, UAS Delivery System

Google's UAS developed by Project Wing. Photo: Google [Avionics Today 08-29-14] Google[x], Google’s facility dedicated to advancing technology, finally announced Project Wing, a project set on developing Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) that…