Connectivity82 Airlines in the World Now Provide Internet, Does Yours? Nearly half of all available seat miles worldwide now feature in-flight connectivity, according to a new report. In 2017, 12 new airlines added Wi-Fi to their fleets, and a total of 82…
MilitaryF-35 Program Struggling to Meet DoD Readiness Criteria The U.S. Defense Department's (DoD) fleet of F-35 fifth-generation fighter jets is progressing toward entry into IOT&E, but the fleet will not be ready to meet several of the readiness criteria until…
CommercialUnited to Equip Boeing 737 MAX Fleet With Honeywell Avionics Visual and audio alerts about unstable approaches, a connected weather radar and more advanced avionics will be part of a fleet of more than 150 new Boeing 737 MAX aircraft coming to…
CommercialNew Satcom Option Could Be Bargain For Boeing 737 Max Airlines considering purchasing or operating the Boeing 737 MAX have a new option available when considering what type of satellite communications hardware to equip on the aircraft. Miami, Florida-based avionics manufacturer…
ConnectivityAWN Exec: Next Step is More Testing In February 2017, Avionics profiled the ambitions of Airborne Wireless Network, which has a goal of using airborne aircraft as signal repeaters that are capable of generating wireless internet signals. Throughout 2017, AWN…
Business & GAFormer Embraer Manager Leads XOJET LOSA Program Over a seven-month period in 2017, XOJET performed what it says is private aviation’s first Line Operations Safety Assessment (LOSA), in an effort to increase the standardization of its flight training, regulatory…
CommercialCyber, Cloud Top Airline IT Spending Priorities Six in 10 airlines plan to invest in the Internet of Things (IoT), while nine in 10 intend to invest in major cybersecurity programs or pilot trials over the next three years,…
CommercialAlaska Airlines: Fleet upgrades and Flight Innovation For example, the airline is conducting flight trials to evaluate the use of NASA’s Traffic Aware Strategic Aircrew Requests (TASAR) software. TASAR is designed to allow flight crews to make trajectory change