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Finnair to Invest in Connected Aircraft

[Avionics Today 03-26-2015] Finnair is ready to invest $32.7 million in Wi-Fi connectivity equipage for the majority of its wide-body and narrow-body fleet. The state-run passenger airline confirmed its plans to invest…

ATM Modernization

NATO Ugrades AWACS Aircraft Avionics to Meet Mandates

NATO’s Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft. Photo: Rockwell Collins [Avionics Today 03-25-2015] Boeing has completed the first test flight of a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Airborne Warning and Control…

Commercial

DARPA Awards Contracts for Tern Naval UAS Project

Tern UAS phase 2 artist rendering. Photo: DARPA [Avionics Today 03-25-2015] DARPA has awarded prime contracts for Phase 2 of Tern, a joint program between DARPA and the U.S. Navy’s Office of…

Business & GA

CAE Contracts $55 Million in FFS Around the World

[Avionics Today 03-25-2015] CAE has sold five Full-Flight Simulators (FFS) and simulator update services to customers in North America, Europe, Africa and Asia. The contracts, which one Bombardier Q400 simulator to Westjet…

ATM Modernization

Space-Based ADS-B Q&A With Skip Nelson

[Avionics Today 03-24-2015] In September 2014 ADS-B Technologies completed a 7,000 nautical mile (nm) public flight demonstration of its space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) Link Augmentation System (ALAS). The system has been…

Commercial

Germanwings Flight Crashes in French Alps

A Germanwings A320. Photo: Wikipedia [Avionics Today 03-24-2015] French officials believe that all 144 passengers and 6 crew on board a Germanwings flight en route to Dusseldorf, Germany have perished in a…