CommercialAmerican to Use New ADS-B Solution on A321s American Airlines will equip its fleet of Airbus A321 aircraft with the ACSS SafeRoute ADS-B in suite of software applications. ACSS, an L3 and Thales joint venture, will also support traffic collision…
MilitaryThe Latest on US Military Aircraft ADS-B Security Concerns ADS-B signals on the military side can include classified aircraft position data. On the commercial side, that could be sensitive, valuable financial data. Breaches of one or many aircraft simultaneously might compromise…
ConnectivitySpaceX Moves Aireon 10 Iridium Satellites Closer to Space-Based ADS-B After a one-day delay, SpaceX successfully launched the fifth set of 10 Iridium Next satellites Monday from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Iridium confirmed shortly after launch that its network operations center made contact…
Business & GABombardier Drops a Dozen Upgrade Options for Business Jets Bombardier has launched a suite of 12 product enhancements providing a range of upgrades to its business jets available for installation at service centers. For heightened pilot awareness, Bombardier is offering enhanced…
CommercialSatellite 2018: We Can Prevent Another MH370, But We Might Make It Difficult There is no good reason why tragic mysteries such as Malaysian Airlines Flight 370, Air France Flight 447 and EgyptAir Flight 990 should occur. We have the technology now to prevent or…
Business & GADelta Private Jets President Talks Sky Access and More Delta Private Jets launched its new Sky Access membership model in January. It is designed to provide what the Part 135 air carrier describes as “affordable” access to empty-leg flights. Empty leg…
Business & GARockwell Collins ADS-B Certification Features Applied Avionics Annunciator Applied Avionics’ Vivisun LED annunciator is used in the new Rockwell Collins approved model list STC for ADS-B Out on part 23 aircraft models. The certification covers 32 unique aircraft models from…
Business & GARockwell Collins Gets Certification for Part 23 ADS-B Out Rockwell Collins has received an approved model list STC from the FAA for its ADS-B Out covering 32 unique Part 23 aircraft models from M7 Aerospace and Textron Aviation. Part of the…
Business & GABA, GA Avionics Sales Top $2 Billion in 2017 Sales of business and general aviation avionics totaled $2,326,852,536.79 in 2017, a 2.9% increase compared to 2016, according to the year-end avionics market report released by the Aircraft Electronics Association (AEA). The…
ATM Modernization9 Updates on FAA NextGen Deployment Progress The release of U.S. President Donald Trump’s fiscal year 2019 budget includes a 2% reduction in the FAA’s budget, including cuts to spending on NextGen and FAA research activities. As the budget…