CommercialReducing NFF and Addressing Cybersecurity in Avionics Bus Testing Today’s avionics testers are addressing the needs of complex boxes and architectures, but challenges remain in areas such as cyber protection, fiber optics, productivity, versatility, size and no-fault-founds (NFFs). Cyber is emerging…
ConnectivityGOL Becomes Gogo's Connected Aircraft Service Launch Partner GOL Linhas Aereas will become the launch partner for Gogo’s aircraft data service, wireless quick access recorder (QAR) and automated turbulence reporting in an effort to bring increased access to real-time flight…
MilitaryWith 'Sincere Regret,' Airbus Accepts Belgian Selection of F-35 Over Typhoon Airbus has released a prickly response to Belgium's announcement that it will purchase 34 Lockheed Martin F-35As to replace its aging F-16 fighter fleet, saying it has "taken note" of the decision…
CommercialBoeing's Defense, Services Segments Carry $25B Earnings in Q3 Boeing reported over $25.1 billion in third-quarter earnings Wednesday — up $900 million, or 3.8%, year over year (YOY) — despite stagnant commercial revenues thanks to growth in the smaller defense and…
ATM ModernizationRaytheon Adding Automated Approach Verification to Airports in the NAS Raytheon is leveraging its air traffic control technology, the standard terminal automation replacement system (STARS), to prevent situations like last year's Air Canada Flight 759 near-miss at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) that almost…
MilitaryTextron's ATAC Unveils New F1 Mirage Fighter Jet Jeffrey Parker certainly looked the part of dynamic, young CEO. Dressed in a stylish light gray “skinny” suit, he was standing at a podium under an event tent (bracketed by two parked…
MilitaryEmbraer KC-390 Receives Brazilian Type Certification Embraer’s KC-390 multi-mission military cargo plane has received type certification from Brazil’s civil aviation authority, the ANAC, clearing a path to full operational capability next year. Aimed at competing with Lockheed Martin’s…
CommercialNVIDIA’s RAPIDS Brings GPU Power to Predictive Data Analytics NVIDIA VP for Accelerated Computing Ian Buck unveiled the graphics processing unit (GPU) provider’s new open-source platform, RAPIDS, which promises major potential for accelerating the ability for data scientists to incorporate neural…