CommercialFirst Boeing 737 Max 9 Delivered to Thai Lion Air Boeing delivered its first 737 MAX 9 to launch customer Lion Air Group, also the first operator to put the MAX 8 into service. One of the world’s largest operators of 737s,…
MilitaryContinuing Resolutions Have Cost Billions In Inefficiency For DOD With the U.S. debt sitting over $20 trillion and the Defense Department on the Government Accountability Office’s annual "high-risk list", efficient use of money is wise. “About $4 billion burned in a…
CommercialQantas Completes 17-hour Perth-London Trip with Boeing Dreamliner Qantas’ maiden nonstop voyage between Australia’s Perth and London landed Sunday morning after traveling some 8,000 nm and spending more than 17 hours in the air. The route, the longest one offered…
ConnectivityHoneywell Keeps Pilots Connected with New Satcom Systems Honeywell has introduced the Aspire 150 and Aspire 350 satellite communications systems to provide business jet, airline and helicopter operators with better connectivity choices. According to Honeywell, with Aspire 150 and 350,…
Business & GAChicago Jet Group Breezes Past FANS Approval for a Dozen More Business Jets Chicago Jet Group has received FAA approval to complete FANS 1/A+ system installations that incorporate the Latitude DL150 satellite data unit onto 12 additional business jet models. The STC is based on…
CommercialCrop Cameras: Using Drones to Autonomously Monitor Agriculture Engineering firm Black Swift Technologies is engaged in a pathfinder mission with NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center to develop enhanced multi-angular remote-sensing techniques using small drones. These autonomous platforms can more effectively…
CommercialAspen Avionics, Sensurion Aerospace Collaborate on Drone Tech Aspen Avionics and Sensurion Aerospace have formed a co-development partnership to bring certified avionics to the unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and unmanned air-taxi marketplace. The companies’ focus is on FAA-certified autopilots, communications,…
Embedded AvionicsElbit Approved to Acquire Universal Avionics Elbit Systems has received necessary government approval to acquire Universal Avionics Systems Corporation. Universal Avionics will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Elbit after the acquisition, which the parties said they expect to…