ConnectivityCyber Incident Impacts Boeing Subsidiary Jeppesen’s Flight Planning Tools On Nov. 2, Jeppesen, a Boeing subsidiary, was affected by an aviation cyber incident. For thousands of pilots across the world, there was some disruption to flight planning as a result of…
ConnectivitySeamless Air Alliance Establishes Research Lab for IFC Performance Measurement LONG BEACH, Calif. — The Seamless Air Alliance revealed last week that a new research laboratory for measuring in-flight connectivity (IFC) performance has been established. United Airlines, Safran, Boeing, JetBlue, AT&T, Thales,…
AI & AutonomyWisk Unveils Its 6th-Generation Autonomous eVTOL Aircraft Wisk Aero just revealed its 6th-generation air taxi, an autonomous electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. The company claims that this vehicle, which is its go-to-market aircraft, is the first autonomous…
Embedded AvionicsL3Harris Mission Management Processors Added to Open-Systems Design of Boeing T-7A L3Harris Technologies is supplying its mission-management processors to Boeing for the T-7A Red Hawk under a recently announced $91.5 million contract. The processors will be added to the open systems embedded computing…
AI & AutonomyBoeing and Wisk Release Concept of Operations for Urban Air Mobility in the U.S. Boeing and electric air taxi developer Wisk unveiled a concept of operations this week that includes recommendations for deploying and integrating urban air mobility (UAM) in the United States. Wisk, which is…
MilitaryUS Air Force Plans to Move Forward on MH-139A Developmental Testing Boeing has received the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Supplemental Type Certifications (STCs) for the company’s MH-139A Grey Wolf to enter developmental testing, the U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) at Wright-Patterson…
CommercialBoeing Can Start Delivering 787 Dreamliners Again Boeing can begin delivering 787s again, 14 months after stopping deliveries of the Dreamliner when manufacturing flaws were discovered on several undelivered models last year. American Airlines received the latest 787-8 to…
CommercialMore Airlines Sign Up for Boeing Digital Apps and Services at Farnborough Air Show While none of the world’s largest commercial aircraft makers announced any avionics-specific upgrade or modernization deals with airlines during the 2022 Farnborough Air Show this week, several operators continued a trend that…
MilitaryBoeing Begins EPAWSS Upgrades For U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles Boeing has begun modifying two F-15E Strike Eagles with the Eagle Passive Active Warning and Survivability System (EPAWSS), which is also to go on the U.S. Air Force’s F-15EX Eagle II fighters, the…
CommercialAurora to Design New Motherships for Virgin Galactic Space Flights Aurora Flight Sciences has reached a new agreement with Virgin Galactic that will see the Virginia-based Boeing subsidiary become a partner in the design and manufacturing of Virgin's next generation motherships. Virgin…
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