CommercialFour Commercial Trends Hitting Aviation in 2018 Despite longer-lasting aircraft, more durable engines and innovations in maintenance techniques, recent research has shown maintenance spending continues to increase. In fact, airlines now spend more money on maintenance than on fuel…
CommercialUPS, Boeing 757 Hacking and More Top Avionics Articles of 2017 We write a multitude of articles over the course of a year. Between our daily website content and our print magazine — along with other special projects — there are many options…
CommercialAre Boeing and Embraer Talking About a Merger? It was the Wall Street Journal that grabbed attention first for reporting a possible original equipment manufacturer (OEM) acquisition. It has since been confirmed: Boeing and Embraer are talking. Boeing’s official statement:…
CommercialAlaska Airlines: Fleet upgrades and Flight Innovation For example, the airline is conducting flight trials to evaluate the use of NASA’s Traffic Aware Strategic Aircrew Requests (TASAR) software. TASAR is designed to allow flight crews to make trajectory change
ConnectivityHow Secure Are IFEC Systems? Then came SwiftBroadband service followed by more powerful high-bandwidth satellites and Wi-Fi in the cabin, and with it, a proliferation of passenger smartphones and other devices. It’s not surprising that
CommercialData Analytics Driving Efficiency in Commercial Aviation Commercial airlines provide the best example of how data analytics are driving improved efficiency through better on-time arrivals, reduced delays and new maintenance techniques. Qantas Airways is one
Embedded AvionicsFinding Commonality in Air-Ground Data Communication Strategies The U.S. and EU have developed an air-ground data communications strategy under the auspices of the U.S.-EU memorandum of cooperation, a joint venture whose objective is to help address research and
ConnectivityAlphabet Soup of Mandates Plus Must-Haves Drive Competition, Innovation As the most obvious challenges in avionics testing, the expanded presence of the original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in the aftermarket and associated restrictions on access to intellectual property (IP)