Business & GAGarmin Receives FAA Approval for GTX ADS-B Helicopter Installs [Avionics Magazine 11-16-2016] Garmin International has received Supplemental Type Certification from the FAA for the installation of the GTX 345 ADS-B In/Out and GTX 335 Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast Out (ADS-B Out)…
ATM ModernizationGerman ANSP to Evaluate Space-based ADS-B [Avionics Magazine 11-16-2016] Germany’s Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP) Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH (DFS) has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with Aireon to evaluate the safety, efficiency and cost benefits of space-based…
MilitaryBoeing to Restructure Defense, Space Groups [Avionics Magazine 11-16-2017] The Boeing Company is set to rearrange its Defense, Space & Security business infrastructure, the company said Tuesday. By the end of 2020, Boeing plans to reduce facilities space…
ATM ModernizationNew Report Outlines Avionics Equipage Issues for NextGen [Avionics Magazine 11-16-2016] The FAA needs a new plan for incentivizing airspace users to equip their aircraft with necessary avionics to support the transformational Air Traffic Management (ATM) infrastructure being deployed under…
ConnectivityViaSat Acquires Arconics for Connected Aircraft Software and More [Avionics 11-15-2016] California-based provider of global broadband services, ViaSat, has announced a new agreement to acquire aviation software solutions provider Arconics. The acquisition comes following recent years where Arconics and ViaSat had…
CommercialSupersonic Avionics to Fly on ‘Baby Boom’ in 2017 [Avionics Magazine 11-15-2016] On Tuesday, pilot, former Amazon executive and current Boom CEO Blake Scholl unveiled the XB-1 Supersonic Demonstrator, a subscale prototype of Boom’s supersonic passenger airliner aircraft dubbed the “Baby…
Business & GALockheed Helicopters, UAS Validate Firefighting and SAR Ops [Avionics Magazine 11-15-2016] Lockheed Martin demonstrated for the first time how its suite of optionally-piloted helicopters and small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (SUAS) can work together to successfully locate and extinguish fires, pinpoint…
CommercialGE Aviation, Teledyne Sign Digital Engine Monitoring Partnership [Avionics Magazine 11-15-2016] Teledyne Controls and GE Aviation have signed a strategic Digital Alliance partnership to transform engine health monitoring by using GE’s Predix platform to apply data and analytics on continuous…