CommercialLive Testing, Passenger Data and Simulation Show Low Risk of In-flight COVID-19 Transmission Among the 1.2 billion passengers that have traveled with commercial airlines since the beginning of 2020, there have been 44 cases of COVID-19 reported where transmission occurred in-flight, new data published by…
IIOTIn a First for the DoD, Kubernetes Installed on U-2 Dragon Lady For the first time, Kubernetes, an open-source container-orchestration system for automating computer application deployment, scaling, and management, was used on an operational major weapons system in the Department of Defense (DoD). The…
ConnectivityPODCAST: FAA's Peter Skaves Talks Aircraft Systems Information Security Protection On this episode of the Connected Aircraft Podcast, Peter Skaves, chief scientist and technical advisor for advanced avionics for the Federal Aviation Administration gives some of the agency's latest guidance on how…
MilitaryB-1B Systems Engineer Explains How IBS Makes Future Bomber Upgrades Easier The Air Force’s B-1B bombers have an all-new Integrated Battle Station (IBS) equipped with a fully-integrated data link (FIDL), vertical situational display upgrade (VSDU), and improved central integrated test system (CITS). The…
CommercialBoeing Projects Hardship for Commercial and Stability for Defense The 2020 Boeing Market Outlook (BMO) and 2020 Commercial Market Outlook (CMO) was released projecting continued challenges for the commercial aviation and service markets and stability for the global defense and government…
CommercialAerSale Nears Certification for Boeing 737 Wearable Display System AerSale expects to achieve Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) type certification for a head-worn display enhanced flight vision system (EFVS), AerAware, for the Boeing 737-800 NG by the end of the year. The…
MilitaryNATO Looks to the Future of Medium Rotorcraft Development The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is looking to medium vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) technology to replace its fleet of aging helicopters in the future, according to a presentation given by…
Air TaxiWhat's Trending in Aerospace - October 4, 2020 Check out the Oct. 4 edition of What's Trending in Aerospace, where editors and contributors for Avionics International bring you some of the latest headlines happening across the global aerospace industry. Commercial Aviation Boeing…