CommercialAirbus A220 Gets New Iridium Satcom Option Under a new agreement between L3Harris Technologies and Airbus, the A220 has a new line-fit satellite communications option, the Automated Flight Information Recording System (AFIRS) 228s, for enabling Iridium services. L3Harris serves…
ConnectivityTeledyne-Viasat Partnership Enables ACARS Over Satcom for Airlines A new partnership between Teledyne Controls and Viasat enables the use of satellite-based connectivity to stream Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS) messages in real-time. Under the new partnership, aircraft equipped…
ConnectivityAvionica, GE Aviation Form Joint Venture for Aviation Data GE Aviation and Avionica plan to take aircraft data usage and related product deliveries to new heights under a new joint venture. The two companies have not disclosed terms of the deal,…
Embedded AvionicsCellular and Satellite Networks Will Enable 'MultiLink' Future of ACARS New cellular and satellite communications networks will potentially carry the bulk of the data communicated between aircraft and air traffic controllers, airline operations centers, OEMs and more in the future, according to…
ConnectivitySitaonair, Teledyne Partner for Cellular ACARS Data Link Sitaonair and Teledyne Controls are partnering for “the aviation industry’s first-ever airline-integrated ACARS data link terrestrial cellular service,” according to Sitaonair. “Customers have been very interested to extend datalink functionality to Teledyne’s…