Panama-based Copa Airlines and its Colombia-based subsidiary are giving high marks to Teledyne Controls’ cloud-based flight data monitoring service.

In this week’s Check 6 with Accenture, we talk about President Donald Trump, international trade and the aerospace and defense sector, and impact of the Internet of Things on industry.

Israel’s Gilat Satellite Networks is to develop an embedded electronically scanned antenna for Ka-band inflight connectivity under a joint project with Airbus.

Once installed, the FAA’s NAS Voice System will allow controllers anywhere to communicate with pilots everywhere.

As the Internet of Things evolves, the potential for disruption in the aviation and aerospace value chains also increases.

Honeywell Aerospace is investigating ways to make its synthetic vision systems “more robust” following a June 18 incident in Australia involving a medevac Pilatus PC-12 outfitted with the company’s Primus Apex integrated avionics suite.

The promise of the Internet of Things is large and the data is available, but airlines are not adopting fast enough.

GOL plans to finish installing the Gogo 2Ku inflight connectivity system in its Boeing 737-800s by October 2018, Marco Gallinaro, the airline’s maintenance manager, said.