Business & GAMany Operators Exempt From Upcoming ICAO Carbon Requirements Beginning in 2020, ICAO's Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation will require that airlines operating flights between more than 70 participating countries to purchase carbon credits if they fail to comply with…
ATM ModernizationWill Drones be Coming to a Runway Near You? A gaming exercise led by Italian air navigation service provider Enav explored the possibility of integrating the operation of large drones and remotely piloted aircraft systems at airports in a two-day workshop…
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…
CommercialAirbus Reports Record Deliveries for the 15th Time Airbus delivered 718 aircraft to 85 customers in 2017, setting a new mark for the company for the 15th year in a row. Beyond the deliveries, Airbus reported 1,109 total net orders…
CommercialThis Company Is Continuing the Search for Missing Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 A company specializing in collecting high-resolution geophysical seabed data is looking for Malaysian Airlines flight MH370. The Malaysian government accepted the Ocean Infinity’s proposal for the 90-day search. “Whilst there can be…
Embedded AvionicsRockwell Collins Shareholders Cast Vote for UTC Takeover Rockwell Collins shareholders “overwhelmingly” want United Technologies Corporation (UTC) to acquire Rockwell Collins. The company said Thursday that more than 96% of all votes cast — which represents more than 72% of…
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…
MilitaryCascade Aerospace Continues Mexico’s C-130 Rockwell Collins Upgrades One Fuerza Aérea Mexicana (FAM) L-100 (C-130) Hercules is set to get a modernization makeover. Cascade Aerospace Inc. said it is set to give the aircraft a Rockwell Collins avionics suite. This…