Business & GAAvionics Sales Total $1.72 Billion for Third Quarter Avionics manufacturers reported total combined sales of more than $1.72 billion for the third quarter of 2013, according to the latest quarterly avionics market report released by the Aircraft Electronics Association (AEA)…
Business & GAMNG Airlines Ready to Deploy Electronic Flight Bags Turkish airfreight carrier MNG Airlines has agreed to a five-year electronic flight bag (EFB) service contract with Jeppesen, the Boeing Digital Aviation subsidiary said Friday, Nov. 22. Under the agreement, MNG…
Embedded AvionicsBAE UK to Deploy Link 16 Network on Falcon 20s BAE Systems U.K. is upgrading its fleet of Cobham Falcon 20 aircraft with the Small Tactical Terminal (STT) KOR-24 to support Link 16 network pre-deployment training, ViaSat said Friday, Nov. 22. …
ATM ModernizationSESAR Tests ILS-for-GBAS Swap in Europe Successful flight tests of Ground Based Augmentation System (GBAS) landing approaches at Frankfurt and Toulouse-Blagnac Airports represents the Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) program's goal of replacing legacy Instrument Landing System…
CommercialGlobal Eagle Entertainment Exec Encouraged by Early Gate-to-Gate Signs Global Eagle Entertainment,which has announced that its WiFi service is now available gate-to-gate to passengers on Southwest Airlines, says it could see a significant spike in revenues, possibly over 10 percent annually.…
ATM ModernizationFAA Launches Air Carrier Training Group Several weeks after expanding commercial airline pilot training rules, the FAA on Thursday Nov. 21 launched a new government-industry team that will focus on studying training issues with the goal of advocating…
CommercialHammerhead UAS Completes First Test Flight Piaggio Aero's P.1HH Hammerhead unmanned aircraft system (UAS) demonstrator completed its first flight Thursday, Nov. 14 at Sicily's Trapani air base, the Italian aerospace manufacturer announced at the Dubai Airshow. …
ATM ModernizationFirst Automated Runway Debris Detection System Goes Live in US The first U.S.-based automated airport runway debris detection system is now operational at Boston Logan Airport, the FAA has revealed. Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) and the FAA provided $1.7 million to…