CommercialVirgin America, Netflix Announce Video Streaming at 35,000 Feet Netflix and Virgin America now offer streaming video entertainment aboard certain Via Sat-equipped flights. Photo: Virgin America [Avionics Today 10-02-2015] Netflix and Virgin America are joining forces to provide complimentary in-flight Wi-Fi…
Business & GATrueNorth Avionics to Give VIP Jets Communication Capabilities to Light Jets Optelity Hot Spot. Photo: TrueNorth Avionics [Avionics Today 10-01-2015] TrueNorth Avionics today unveiled its aviation certified product to provide light-aircraft owners with communications capabilities previously reserved for long-range VIP jets. The company’s…
ATM ModernizationItalian ATC Partners with SITA OnAir for Air/Ground Connectivity Fiumicino Airport. Photo: Ra Boe / Wikipedia [Avionics Today 10-01-2015] SITA OnAir has entered an agreement with ENAV, Italy’s Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP), to jointly provide air/ground data Very High Frequency…
Embedded AvionicsFAA Approves Avionica’s 1 Terabyte Solid-State avWIFI Router System Avionica's avWIFI. Photo: Avionica [Avionics Today 10-01-2015] The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued Avionica’s 18th Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) — No. ST03967AT — for the installation of the lightweight…
ConnectivitySriLankan Airlines to Offer Thales InFlyt Experience Live News & Weather Application Thales InFlyt Experience. Photo: Thales [Aviation Today 10-01-2015] Thales announced that SriLankan Airlines has become the first airline in the world to fly the Thales Avant In-Flight Entertainment and Connectivity (IFEC) system…
CommercialGEE CCO Talks Operational Connectivity and Ensuring Upgradability [Avionics Today 10-01-2015] Global Eagle Entertainment (GEE) has made a splash at the Airline Passenger Experience Association Expo (APEX) in Portland, Ore. this year, announcing no less than 10 contract wins for…
Editor's NoteNextGen Mandates Loom Large By the time you read this editorial note, we will have completed a hopefully highly successful Avionics for NextGen event in Washington, D.C. bringing together key decision makers to talk about all…
Editor's NoteCool it! Heat Relief for RF Power Chips Many radar, electronic warfare, communications and avionics systems are thermally limited. These systems cannot remove the heat generated by their components efficiently enough to reach the potential that might be expected from…