CommercialInsitu Packages Remote-Sensing Services for Commercial Market Boeing subsidiary Insitu is packaging the remote-sensing and information-delivery products and services of it and its parent as a suite of offerings for commercial customers seeking unmanned systems-based solutions to their…
Embedded AvionicsDassault Grant Funds New STEM Training A nonprofit STEM promoter will use new funding from Dassault Systèmes’ U.S. Foundation to launch a pilot workforce development initiative in the next few months aimed at training the next generation of…
Business & GANew US Forecast Tool Could Cut Bizjet Delays The U.S. National Weather Service has introduced a new product that could help business aircraft operators better deal with potential air traffic control delays caused by thunderstorms, according to the National…
ConnectivityAvionica Adds 767, DHC-8-200 to avWiFi STC Avionica has received approval to add Boeing 767-series and DHC-8-200 aircraft to its supplemental type certificate (STC) for avWiFi broadband data-transfer capabilities from the cockpit to the terminal and the cockpit…
RegulationEASA Proposes Small Drone Rules The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is seeking public comment on a new proposed regulation covering operations of small drones in the European Union member states. The agency said it plans to…
MilitaryItaly Assembly Site Rolls Out First STOVL F-35 F-35 program partner Italy rolled out the first short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) version of that fifth-generation fighter May 5 from its assembly facility near Milan, prime contractor Lockheed Martin said. The F-35B…
ATM ModernizationNATS Joins Nav Canada as Remote-Tower Firm Owner NATS is joining Nav Canada as a major owner in a Canadian firm that specializes in digital camera technology for remote control tower operations and optimization of surface movements on airports. The…
Business & GASwiss Pioneer Pursues End-to-End Electric Aircraft Power The Swiss businessman and pilot whose electric-powered aircraft circumnavigated the globe last year has formed a new company to manage that option’s potential through the entire propulsion chain, from energy source to…