CommercialSingapore Airlines Makes $4 Billion Deferral to Airbus and Boeing Fleet Delivery Schedule Singapore Airlines Group (SIA) will defer more than $4 billion in capital expenditure on the delivery of Airbus and Boeing aircraft scheduled over the next two years under new agreements with the…
RegulationNTSB Says Pilot’s Poor Decisions Led to Helicopter Crash Killing Kobe Bryant The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) concluded that the fatal Sikorsky S-76B helicopter crash in Calabasas, California on Jan. 26, 2020, was caused by the pilot’s decision to continue flying in adverse…
Air TaxiJoby Agrees to eVTOL Certification Requirements with FAA Joby Aviation has agreed to G1 certification conditions with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for its electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, the company announced on Feb. 9. The company also…
CommercialWhat's Trending in Aerospace - February 7, 2021 Check out the Feb. 7 edition of What's Trending in Aerospace, where editors and contributors for Avionics International bring you some of the latest headlines and updates happening across the global aerospace industry.…
Business & GAPODCAST: Volare Aviation's Dustin Dryden Talks Private Flying Trends in Europe On this episode of the Connected Aircraft Podcast, Dustin Dryden, founder and chairman of Volare Aviation, joins to discuss the changes his company's private jet charter business experienced in 2020 under the…
Embedded AvionicsSOSA Targets Open Architecture Designs for New Radar and Electronic Warfare Technology The Sensor Open System Architecture (SOSA) standards are currently focused on addressing problems with vendor interoperability, future upgrades, and vendor lock which is driving changes in future radar and electronic warfare (EW)…
ConnectivityXTS Satellite Enters Service for Panasonic’s Next Generation IFC Network in Asia Pacific Panasonic Avionics is ready for initial operations of its next-generation extreme high throughput satellite (XTS) in-flight connectivity (IFC) service in the Asia Pacific region. The first XTS satellite entered service on Feb.…
CommercialAerospace Acronym and Abbreviation Guide 14 CFR Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations 1090 ES 1090 MHz extended squitter 3D, 4D three- or four-dimensional 3G third generation 3GCN third-generation cabin network 4DT 4-Dimensional Trajectories 4096…