CommercialPODCAST: How Swiss Airlines' Digital Twin Improves Maintenance Operations On this episode, we interview Marcus Di Laurenzio on how Swiss Airlines is using Aviatar, a platform developed by Lufthansa Technik, to digitally monitor the health of its aircraft and manage maintenance…
CommercialInmarsat Launches SB-Helo X-Stream High Data Rate Services for Rotorcraft On Nov. 5, at the Vertical Flight Expo and Conference in Farnborough, United Kingdom, Inmarsat debuted its SwiftBroadband Helo (SB-Helo) X-Stream, a new system to allow X-Stream high data rate services in…
Business & GAUniversal Avionics Offers New 'Fly By Sight' Navigation System for Business Aircraft LAS VEGAS — Elbit Systems' Universal Avionics debuted a new "Fly By Sight" navigation system for business aircraft at the National Business Aviation Association's (NBAA) annual Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (BACE)…
ATM ModernizationSingapore, SITAONAIR Researching HAPS, Satellites for Space-based VHF Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) officials and air transport communications and information technology specialist SITAONAIR are researching the use of Very High Frequency (VHF) radios on high altitude drones and satellites…
Air TaxiChinese eVTOL-maker EHang Files for $100M Nasdaq IPO Chinese autonomous vehicle maker EHang, one of the companies at the forefront of the push for urban air mobility (UAM), has filed for a $100 million initial public offering (IPO) on the…
Business & GAGenesys Aerosystems to Update S-TEC 3100 Autopilot for General Aviation Aircraft In September last year, Texas-based Genesys Aerosystems said that it had achieved Federal Aviation Administration supplemental type certification for the company's S-TEC 3100 autopilot for use in more than 100 models of…
CommercialBoeing CEO Outlines 737 MAX MCAS Software Fix in Congressional Hearings Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg said pilots will have the ability to override the 737 MAX maneuvering characteristics augmentation system (MCAS) and a dual sensor feed will replace the previous version of MCAS…
Business & GAGE, Bombardier Bring Free Health Monitoring Upgrade to 2,500 Business Jets A new partnership that has been developing over the past year will see Bombardier and GE Aviation bringing a new health monitoring unit, the Smart Link Plus, as a free upgrade to…