Global Avionics Round-Up from Aircraft Value News (AVN)How the Iran War Is Rewiring AvionicsGlobal Avionics Round-Up from Aircraft Value News (AVN) The latest Middle East conflict has done what decades of airline risk modeling feared but never fully priced: it has snapped the…
Global Avionics Round-Up from Aircraft Value News (AVN)Silicon Over Steel: The Avionics Reset That Stole the Show at ISTAT Americas 2026Global Avionics Round-Up from Aircraft Value News (AVN) From my perspective in covering the show as a reporter, the biggest avionics story to emerge from ISTAT Americas 2026 wasn’t a…
Global Avionics Round-Up from Aircraft Value News (AVN)Climate Change Is Rewriting the Rules of Turbulence—and Cockpits Are Playing Catch-UpGlobal Avionics Round-Up from Aircraft Value News (AVN) For decades, turbulence was treated as a known nuisance—unpredictable, occasionally dangerous, but broadly manageable within the design assumptions of modern aircraft. Engineers…
AI & AutonomyArmy’s SkyFoundry Plan To Build Own Cheap Drones Has ‘Evolved,’ Official Notes Commercial InvolvementThe Army’s SkyFoundry initiative to manufacture thousands of its own cheap drones on a monthly basis has recently “evolved,” with an official telling sister publication Defense Daily the program is “100…
AI & AutonomyWith an Eye To CCA Increment 2, Talon IQ Conducts Test FlightA “Talon IQ” Model 437 aircraft by Northrop Grumman‘s Scaled Composites has flown a mission autonomy test flight using the company’s Prism software and Hivemind software by Shield AI, the companies…
MilitaryArmy Accepts First Optionally-Piloted Black Hawk, Will Inform Scaling Autonomy Across The FleetThe Army announced Friday it has officially accepted the first Black Hawk helicopter outfitted to fly autonomously, with the plans for the aircraft to now undergo a “rigorous testing phase.”…
ConnectivityDesigning for Decades: Building Upgradeable IFC in a 30-Year AirframeGlobal Avionics Round-Up from Aircraft Value News (AVN) Commercial aircraft routinely serve for a quarter century or more. Satellite constellations and modems, by contrast, evolve on a five-year cadence. That…
ConnectivityFactory-Fitted Future: How Line-Fit Connectivity Is Rewriting IFC CompetitionGlobal Avionics Round-Up from Aircraft Value News (AVN) In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) has moved from aftermarket upgrade to factory-installed feature. Airframers now embed antennas, radomes, wiring provisions, and server space during…