RegulationDrones Get New Seat on FAA Advisory Council The FAA’s Management Advisory Council now has seven new members, U.S. Transportation Department Secretary Elaine L. Chao announced Thursday. Council members are charged with advising the FAA’s senior management on policy, spending,…
MilitaryJacobs to Provide USAF Software Development The U.S. Air Force has awarded Jacobs Engineering a continuation contract for its communication, navigation, surveillance/air traffic management (CNS/ATM) software development. The software supports the fleet of air mobility and air combat…
ATM ModernizationAir France to Develop Integrated Traffic Management Solution Air France has teamed with PASSUR Aerospace Inc. to develop PASSUR Integrated Traffic Management in Europe, PASSUR Aerospace said. This makes Air France the launch customer for PASSUR Aerospace’s Global Air Traffic…
Business & GAChicago Jet Group Adds FANS Tech to its STCs Chicago Jet Group has selected Latitude’s DL150 SDU and the SkyNode S200-012 for Satcom Safety Services Data and SATVOICE solution to add to its list of supplemental type certificates the firm holds…
ConnectivityGogo Will Offer Seatback Tablets on Some Delta Aircraft Gogo's new seatback solution, Gogo Vision Touch, is to be installed by Bombardier on Delta CS100 aircraft, Gogo said. The installation is in conjunction with Gogo's 2Ku connectivity technology. "The new system…
ConnectivityTiming is Everything: When Will IFC Consolidation Take Off? The first flashes of promise for truly connected air travel emerged in 2004 with Boeing’s visionary Connexion in-flight connectivity (IFC) service — before being snuffed out less than two years later. Like…
Embedded AvionicsAbaco Introduces New Avionics Bus Monitor Abaco Systems today introduced the innovative BT3-USB-MON Bus Monitor that is designed to make the monitoring and analysis of MIL-STD-1553 signals significantly easier. It is designed to help users easily visualize and…
Embedded AvionicsHow Data Acquisition is Achieved for F-35 Sub-System Integration Game-changing communications, navigation and surveillance capabilities on the F-35 are powered by more than 8 million lines of code and the most advanced embedded computing power ever featured on a fighter jet.…