Connected Aerospace

An operational evaluation of Diamond Aircraft’s eDA40 electric trainer with Lufthansa Aviation Training has shown the aircraft meets performance expectations.

The company plans to start launching the spacecraft for customers in 2026, with a prototype of the satellite to launch in 2025.

Satellite service provider Intelsat is looking to meet increased demand from airlines for inflight connectivity onboard their regional aircraft.

The U.S. military wants terminals to connect with multiple satellite constellations.

Using satellites for radio communications over oceans promises air traffic management efficiencies.

The LEO constellation is driving down satellite internet costs.

Flight tracking, data recording and connectivity links will come as standard on Leonardo’s AW09 light helicopter when it enters the market in 2025.

New concepts are in the works, such as military areas that move with the activity along a defined trajectory.

Axiom Space plans to install a data center on Hab One to be linked to the ISS and use laser communications equipment to connect it to Earth-orbiting satellites.

Resilient PNT will require multiple alternatives to the singular GPS.

The 50-year-old GPS program is increasingly vulnerable to a proliferation of tools used to jam and spoof the weak and unencrypted civilian signal.

WAAS is undergoing a major upgrade and preparing to incorporate the Pentagon’s new L5 civil signal for aviation safety services.

The spacecraft is the Pentagon’s first experimental navigation satellite in nearly 50 years.

Britten-Norman will test Stratospheric Platforms' airborne phased array antenna, which is designed to beam down a high-bandwidth 5G cell signal direct to device.

How much has GPS boosted U.S. businesses? The answer is astronomical.

Over 50 years, GPS has evolved and inspired the development of similar systems by other nations.

The “father of GPS” on how the system came to be and the hurdles it needs to overcome to remain at the cutting edge.

Saab is exploring whether that technology combined with its Integrated Air Traffic Suite products could also support major international gateways.

Aviation Week Network’s SpeedNews updates from NBAA-BACE in Las Vegas.

Cyrille Grimald, FalconWays program manager for Dassault Aviation, offers a hands-on experience of the potential of its flight path optimization tool

In the future, an integrated satellite network will support broadband inflight connectivity.

Multiorbit satellite services seem to be a trend, and some systems will be highlighted at NBAA-BACE.

The aftermarket’s interest in artificial intelligence has recently exploded, but will the hype drive its implementation in MRO?

Already under testing, SITA says expanding its OptiClimb aircraft-climb software to the cruise and descent phases will help airlines lower emissions.

Thales’ drone division in Singapore has developed the ScaleFlyt Remote ID "transponder" for drones.