CommercialAEEC to Adopt Cabin Seating, Digital Bus Standards at Mid-Term Session At SAE Industry Technologies Consortia's upcoming 2019 Airlines Electronic Engineering Committee (AEEC) mid-term session in Seattle, some of the commercial aviation industry’s leading avionics engineers are expected to adopt four new…
MilitaryAFRL Successfully Flies New Robotically Piloted Air Platform The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has announced the successful flight demonstration of a new robotically manned air platform whose technology could pave the way for more optionally manned aircraft in the…
CommercialAirbus A220 Gets New Iridium Satcom Option Under a new agreement between L3Harris Technologies and Airbus, the A220 has a new line-fit satellite communications option, the Automated Flight Information Recording System (AFIRS) 228s, for enabling Iridium services. L3Harris serves…
CommercialLCD Flight Display Upgrade Achieves Service Bulletin for Saab 340s Saab 340 operators now have a path toward upgrading their aircraft’s cathode ray tube (CRT) displays with new liquid crystal display (LCD) technology after the approval of a service bulletin to install…
ConnectivityIs Forge The Data Analytics Platform Airlines Have Been Craving? A new unified analytics-based software platform, Forge for Airlines, was able to reduce delays and cancellations by 30 percent for Cathay Pacific, according to Honeywell Aerospace. Could it be the centralized access point…
Business & GAGulfstream G600 On Track for 2019 Entry into Service Gulfstream’s G600 business jet is on track to enter into service next year, after the Savannah, Georgia-based manufacturer announced the first delivery of the G600 Thursday. FAA type and production certificates were…
MilitaryNew Demonstration Shows F-35's Data Sharing Capability Stakeholders recently demonstrated the ability to integrate F-35 Joint Strike Fighter track data into the Army’s Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS) during the June Orange Flag Evaluation…
CommercialDaedalean is Developing a Neural Network for Future Air Taxi Avionics Daedalean, a Zürich, Switzerland-based startup, has amassed $12 million in funding toward the development of the aviation industry’s first autopilot system to feature an advanced form of artificial intelligence (AI) known as…