Commercial

Mexico City Airport Embraces ‘Green’ Energy

Diagram of the VYCON flywheel system. Photo: VYCON [Avionics Today 08-20-2014] VYCON, designer and manufacturer of environmentally friendly energy storage flywheel systems, announced the purchase of three of VYCON’s kinetic energy storage…

Commercial

Royal Air Maroc Contracts GEE to Provide Africa with IFE

A Royal Air Maroc Flight. Photo: Aero Icarus (Flickr) [Aviation Today 08-20-2014] Global Eagle Entertainment (GEE), provider of content, connectivity and digital media solutions to airlines, signed an agreement with Royal Air…

ATM Modernization

Airlines to Decide Flight Ops as Volcano Threat Looms

[Avionics Today 08-20-2014] Eurocontrol is "more prepared" to assist with operators dealing with volcanic ash, the agency said in response to a report of an increased risk of the Bárðarbunga volcano system…

ATM Modernization

Wind River Virtualizes RTOS

[Avionics Today 08-19-14] California-based embedded-systems software company Wind River is upping the ante on their VxWorks Real-Time Operating System (RTOS) by introducing a virtualization profile for its next-generation version. The virtualization profile…

Embedded Avionics

Pilatus Provides a Better View with New EVS

Pilatus PC-12 EVS Sensor. Photo: Pilatus [Avionics Today 08-19-2014] Pilatus Centre Canada (PCC) has been granted a Transport Canada Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for the recently developed Pilatus PC-12 Enhanced Vision Systems…

Commercial

Manned and Unmanned Systems: Expanding Integration

[Avionics Today 08-19-2014] Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy made history this weekend by operating manned and unmanned carrier aircraft in the same controlled landing pattern at the same time.

Business & GA

Cirrus Expands Sales to India

dam Hahn, director of sales for Cirrus Aircraft; and Roohi Bali, sales manager for Cirrus India, signing contract in Duluth, Minn. Photo: Cirrus Aircraft [Avionics Today 08-19-2014] Cirrus Aircraft, an all-composite personal…