Embedded AvionicsQinetiQ, Rockwell Collins to Develop New GNSS Receivers Under a new partnership, QinetiQ and Rockwell Collins will develop next generation multi-constellation Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receivers. Both companies see the new partnership developing a family of GNSS receivers…
Business & GA5 EBACE 2017 Aircraft Technology Updates After two days of the 2017 European Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition (EBACE), there have been some major new business jet avionics and in-flight connectivity upgrade programs, partnerships and other announcements. Here…
CommercialEuropean Regional Airlines Form New Avionics Equipage Policy European regional airlines have new guidance for equipping airframes with hardware, software, wiring and other components necessary to get aircraft into compliance with future airspace mandates. According to the European Regional Airlines…
Embedded AvionicsAurora Proves Robot Co-Pilot can Fly a Boeing 737 Aurora Flight Sciences continued to push the boundaries of what might be possible in future commercial aircraft cockpits with the most recent successful flight demonstration of its work as part of Defense…
CommercialUPS Brings Epic Avionics to Airbus A300s UPS is revitalizing the cockpit avionics and embedded computing architecture of its Airbus A300 aircraft with a new flight management computer, central maintenance system and better processing power. The international air cargo…
ATM ModernizationENAIRE to Modernize Air Traffic System in Spain ENAIRE, the air navigation service provider (ANSP) for Spain, is launching a new air traffic system modernization plan in order to address air traffic growth in Spanish airspace. Under the new “Plan…
MilitaryAirbus Demos New Automated Aerial Refueling Technology Airbus Defense and Space believes a new automatic air-to-air refueling technology could change the way airborne military aircraft are refueled in flight. The defense division recently achieved what it says is the…
Embedded AvionicsNew Development Tool Could Bring Multi-Touch to Cockpit Displays A new avionics development platform could bring multi-touch capabilities to aircraft cockpit display screens. The platform, jointly developed by Wind River, CoreAVI and Presagis, brings the utility of an iOS or Android…
CommercialUPS to Upgrade Boeing 757, 767 Cockpits UPS is bringing Boeing 787-style cockpit avionics displays to its fleet of legacy 757s and 767s under a new avionics display upgrade program. Large-screen displays will replace 26 current line replaceable units,…
Embedded Avionics4 Things We Learned at AEEC/AMC Large unmanned aircraft avionics need more standardization, Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) is coming to avionics, and operators are equipping their aircraft with mission specific technologies. These were just some of the…