The Internet of Things has increased as a going concern in commercial aviation MRO, being used to track everything from aircraft health monitoring to components.

An inevitable consequence of the new broadband satcom capabilities that satellite-communications network providers and avionics companies are teaming to provide both to the passenger cabins and to the flight decks of aircraft is that pilots’ electronic flight bags (EFBs) are beginning to offer real-time updates of operational information.

When you're establishing a new, technology-driven company in the business aviation sector, you'd expect to be asked a lot of questions about cybersecurity. Yet according to Stratajet's Jonny Nicol, customers expect strong security as a given.

The business aviation sector is increasingly coming to the attention of cybercriminals and hackers.

Some business aircraft operators are holding off on making a decision on Ka band equipment. But with such strong competition from Inmarsat and Viasat, operators likely will be the big winners.

How to master automation, communications, navigation, systems and the rest when you are a crew of one.

Universal Avionics' InSight Integrated Flight Deck system allowed the writer to instantly form a mental image of our proximity to terrain and obstacles.

Bombardier WAVE (Wireless Access Virtually Everywhere) Ka-band high-speed internet is now available for Global business aircraft at all Bombardier Service Centers, the company said. Bombardier was awarded a supplemental type certificate for installation on all Bombardier Global 5000 and Global 600 aircraft and previous Global aircraft as a retrofit, the company said. A Global 5000 aircraft was the first customer aircraft to feature a retrofit installation of the Bombardier WAVE at Bombardier's Singapore Service Center.