CitationPartners plans to make its Citation Excel Eagle airframe and flight deck upgrade program available to all owners of the popular Citation Excel family, including the Excel, XLS, and XLS+.
BCA Senior Editor Bill Carey interviews Philip Straub, executive vice president and managing director, Aviation, with Garmin International, in advance of the 2021 NBAA-BACE event.
Aircraft manufacturers and suppliers are breathing new life and capability into existing platforms with avionics hardware and software updates, and introducing more compact systems for future advanced air mobility (AAM) vehicles.
Business and general aviation avionics sales during the second quarter totaled $500.9 million, up 2.1% from the same period a year ago, according to the Aircraft Electronics Association. But sales for the first six months totaled $1.07 billion, a 7.1% decrease from the year-ago period.
Existing aeronautical standards are not adequate for certifying artificial intelligence (AI) with safety-critical systems, and new means of compliance will have to be developed, concludes a report jointly issued by standards developers SAE International and Eurocae.
