Global Avionics Round-Up from Aircraft Value News (AVN)Out with the Old? Not So Fast: A Retrofit Boom Is Driving Modern Avionics Upgrades Global Avionics Round-Up from Aircraft Value News (AVN) While the aerospace media obsesses over next-gen aircraft and futuristic air taxis, a far more immediate story is quietly unfolding in hangars and Maintenance,…
Global Avionics Round-Up from Aircraft Value News (AVN)Avionics MRO Faces Growing Backlog, Weighing on Aircraft Readiness and Values Global Avionics Round-Up from Aircraft Value News (AVN) The growing challenge of avionics sophistication is affecting MRO demand, aircraft readiness, and airline profitability. The backlog of avionics maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO)…
CommercialOPINION: MRO Software to Support Large Airlines It’s estimated that over 90,000 flights, from 1,200 airlines, fly between more than 4,000 airports around the world every day. The logistical management of this airborne metropolis coupled with essential maintenance issues,…
Air TaxiVolocopter and Swiss-AS Sign Contract for MRO Software Integration Swiss Aviation Software (Swiss-AS) and Volocopter signed a significant multi-year contract this week for the utilization of Swiss-AS's maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) software, AMOS. Under this agreement, AMOS will be employed…
Electrification and SustainabilityOPINION: How the Aviation Industry Can Tap Into Blockchain Technology Benefits It is estimated that the aviation blockchain market will grow around 22% between 2019 and 2025. There is increasing interest from the aviation industry in blockchain technology to enable traceability and transparency…
Business & GAAAR To Support New Acquisition Trax’s Aviation Software Sales AAR Corp.’s $120 million acquisition of aviation MRO and fleet management software firm Trax USA Corp., announced this week, is part of the Illinois-based aviation aftermarket solutions provider’s effort to build up…
Business & GAMRO Provider Storm Aviation Gains MRO Tooling Calibration Accreditation MRO provider Storm Aviation has gained UK Accreditation Service (UKAS) approval for its aircraft tooling calibration laboratory at London Stansted Airport. Storm head of sales Ian Jones told Avionics International in an…
Business & GAPODCAST: Duncan Aviation Talks Modifying and Servicing Connected Business Jets On this episode of the Connected Aircraft Podcast, Nate Klenke of Duncan Aviation discusses the MRO provider's recent free in-flight entertainment and connectivity trial initiative for business jet operators. Klenke also provides…
CommercialVirtual Reality Could Cut Maintenance Training Time 75 Percent Avia Solutions subsidiary FL Technics is using virtual reality to train aviation mechanics in less than a fourth of the time it take with conventional methods. "Globally the industry struggles with the…
CommercialBoeing Invests in Global Drone MRO Network with an Eye Toward UAM Repair Boeing's HorizonX investment arm has led a funding round for Robotic Skies, a worldwide brokered network of regulator-certified MRO stations for unmanned aircraft. The two companies last year pledged to work together,…