NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System Turns 30.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA's Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS) recently marked its 30-year anniversary. The confidential reporting system is widely used by pilots and other airline employees to identify potential safety hazards. Established in 1975 under a memorandum of understanding between NASA and the Federal...

Boeing Begins Flight Testing NATO AWACS Upgrades.
SEATTLE, Jan. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Boeing (NYSE: BA) has begun flight-testing a number of enhancements installed on board a NATO AWACS aircraft. These upgrades are part of the $491 million NATO Mid-Term Modernization Program. Retrofit of the entire fleet of 17 aircraft will be implemented during a...

EASy does it.
There's a revolution heading for the bizjet cockpit, and pilots are going to love it. Before anyone yawns and mutters, "Oh yeah, bigger EFIS screens and better colours?" -- we want to underline that the revolution lies in the concept in which an aircraft is flown and...

Mallya applies for inflight mobile.
Byline: Saurabh Sinha NEW DELHI: Vijay Mallaya-owned Kingfisher Airline has sought clearance from government for providing inflight mobile service on its international flights. According to airline's executive vice president Hitesh Patel, the ministry of communication's nod has been sought as the company wants to provide this service...

Boeing Selects Smiths Industries Component for New Avionics Modernization Architecture.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) has selected the Smiths Industries PowerPC-based Central Processing Unit as a cornerstone element for the company's military aircraft avionics modernization initiatives, including the KC-10 Global Air Traffic Management (GATM) program. "We've identified an affordable,...

A brand-new old-timer: in the midst of its 100th anniversary celebrations, the Canadian company--which changed ownership last year--is resolutely turned towards the future. (Company of the month: CMC Electronics).
Formed in 1902 under the name of Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of Canada, the company was closely linked with the development of commercial broadcasting in Canada until the early 1970s. In 1972 the broadcasting operations were sold and the company, which had changed its name to Canadian Marconi Company...

Teamwork the key for European avionics firms.
LONDON: EUROPEAN AVIONICS COMPANIES ARE RELYING ON CONSOLIDATION AND COOPERATION TO REMAIN COMPETITIVE ON WORLD MARKETS. The challenges posed by the future air navigation system are continuing to provoke major realignments in the avionics industry. The whole basis of air transport operations is moving from ground-based, line-of-sight communications, navigation...

Opportunities beckon for industry.
The implications of Europe's ATM2000+ programme for the avionics and ground-based navaid/radar/ATM industries are considerable. The ATM2000+ strategy document notes that "ATM has a poor record for implementing change on time and within budget, and many projects in the past have suffered from delays and escalating costs. This points...

Aerospace & Defense News - Technology.
Apr 28, 2008 Airbus Airbus last week announced completion of an inflight demonstration involving its own A340 and an SAS A330 during which the former performed several altitude changes in relation to the latter in oceanic airspace using a new ADS-B system that includes an...

Aircraft News - Europe.
Apr 28, 2008 Airbus Airbus last week announced completion of an inflight demonstration involving its own A340 and an SAS A330 during which the former performed several altitude changes in relation to the latter in oceanic airspace using a new ADS-B system that includes an...