After at least six years of research and technology work on the Avionics 2020 demonstrator, Thales’ efforts toward creating a more intuitive cockpit have crystallized into FlytX, an avionics suite that also features connectivity.

SpaceX has packed 60 Starlink satellites into the fairing of a Falcon 9 rocket for a trial operational run of its low Earth orbit broadband satellite network.

The FAA is still offering $500 rebates to owners of fixed-wing, single-engine piston aircraft based on their purchase of certain avionics.

The partnership augments an Amazon Web Services Ground Station set of 12 parabolic antennas with a service provided by a new Lockheed Martin antenna network called Verge.

Satcom providers are offering new high-bandwidth, business aviation-only services as avionics manufacturers ready smaller, faster systems to exploit them.

Engines that are “contextually aware,” can “think for themselves” and are “comprehending” are described in a Rolls white paper on the new Pearl 15 turbofan.

Engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney began a trial of its ‘Connected Factory’ concept in its Singapore MRO shop in Seletar Nov. 5.

Increasingly, business aircraft operators make new technologies buy their way onto their aircraft.