Connected Aerospace

Apps can be an important revenue producer for carriers, so many in Europe are choosing to bring their development and management in-house.

The second-generation system has dual core processors, 250 times more nonvolatile memory, better graphics refresh rates and less lag for zooming and panning.

NASA, Boeing, United, Honeywell live-test new algorithms that optimize spacing between aircraft, boosting capacity at airports.

Qantas has revealed more details about its plan to offer streaming entertainment via onboard Wi-Fi, with the product expected to debut soon.

A major solar event knocked out telegraph service in 1859, so imagine what a direct solar storm hit on Earth would do to our wired economies today.

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.

Hope that reduced integration costs will free up funding for more frequent capability upgrades is behind industry’s willingness to embrace open avionics standards and increased competition, says U.S. Air Force.

The biggest challenge for any business aircraft manufacturer is determining how much space and comfort plus amenities to dedicate to the crew and passengers. For ultra-long-range business jets, these factors are magnified by the amount of time these aircraft spend aloft.

The pilots of Air Sweden 294 lost control while at FL 330 due to several things but most particularly to confusing EFIS information following the failure of the left-side inertial reference unit.

Combined, the companies will have a system portfolio spanning the entire aircraft.

Cathay Pacific Airways in April will begin installing an Avionica cockpit connectivity suite in its fleet of Boeing 777s as part of an updated “e-enablement” of four aircraft types (the 777, Boeing 747, Airbus A320 and A330) in its mainline and Cathay Dragon regional fleets by mid-2019.

Focus on the “Project Performance Pyramid”—people, processes and proactivity—was key to the airline’s success.

With its far-aim still set squarely on Mars, Elon Musk’s space company is happy for now to be resuming satellite launches and return landings.

Creation of the world’s third-largest Tier 1 aerospace supplier behind UTC and GE has both positive and negative effects for Boeing, Airbus and other aircraft manufacturers that do business with Safran and Zodiac.

ATR is converting 1980s design drawings to more contemporary digital mockups.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX restored some of its luster Jan. 14 with the launch of a Falcon 9 for the first time since an on-pad explosion on Sept. 1.

Safran is hoping changes will help its factories design production lines of the future.

Aviation Week Avionics and Safety Editor John Croft samples an Airbus vision system designed to provide helicopter pilots with cues needed to fly more safely at night and in degraded visual environments, including brownout and whiteout.