CommercialBoeing to Use LIDAR for Industry First on EcoDemonstrator Boeing is looking to use light detection and ranging (LIDAR) in an industry first. The latest version of the original equipment manufacturer's ecoDemonstrator aircraft is researching the use of LIDAR to detect…
Business & GA20 New Avionics Technologies Introduced at AEA 2018 Avionics manufacturing innovation is booming for the business and general aviation industry, as demonstrated in the annual opening ceremony at the 2018 Aircraft Electronics Association (AEA) convention. The theme of the…
ATM ModernizationFAA NextGen Spending Increase Included in Omnibus Bill The newly completed fiscal year 2018 omnibus appropriations bill includes an $18 billion budget for the FAA, a $1.6 billion spending increase above the agency’s fiscal year 2017 funding. Included in the…
ConnectivityCellular, Satellite Networks to Harmonize in a 5G World? No specific plans or timelines have been announced about the coalition of companies aimed at driving down the price and up the availability of in-flight connectivity of Sprint, OneWeb, Airbus, Delta and Barti Airtel,…
ConnectivitySatellite 2018: In-Flight Internet Providers Respond to Passenger Frustration On the second day of the world's largest satellite industry show this year, Satellite 2018, connectivity service providers, an airline pilot with a radio show and an antenna manufacturing company reset the…
Business & GADelta Private Jets President Talks Sky Access and More Delta Private Jets launched its new Sky Access membership model in January. It is designed to provide what the Part 135 air carrier describes as “affordable” access to empty-leg flights. Empty leg…
Business & GAMore on Embedded Systems As you’ve probably noticed in this issue and in those over the past year, Avionics has increasingly focused on technological trends, the evolution of cockpit capabilities and aircraft fleet investments among
Embedded AvionicsGADSS: The Latest Progress The main objective of GADSS is to achieve alignment of these stakeholders to prevent any future disappearance of aircraft from available surveillance — such as what occurred with the Malaysia Airlines MH370