Designing for Decades: Building Upgradeable IFC in a 30-Year Airframe
Global Avionics Round-Up from Aircraft Value News (AVN) Commercial aircraft routinely serve for a quarter century or more. Satellite constellations and modems, by contrast, evolve on a five-year...
Factory-Fitted Future: How Line-Fit Connectivity Is Rewriting IFC Competition
Global Avionics Round-Up from Aircraft Value News (AVN) A passenger using IFC on an Airbus aircraft. (Photo courtesy of Airbus) In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) has moved from aftermarket upgrade to...
Locked Skies: Cyber Risk Rises in the Age of Connected Aircraft
Global Avionics Round-Up from Aircraft Value News (AVN) Connectivity is now a defining feature of modern aircraft. Flight decks stream data to ground control centers, engines transmit health metrics...
USAF Expects KC-135 Center Console Refresh Solicitation In May
Boeing’s KC-46A Pegasus tanker refuels an F-15E aircraft during Phase II receiver certification testing out of Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. A Boeing/U.S. Air Force team completed receiver...
Robinson Helicopter Details New Unmanned Business Unit, Cargo UAS Project With Sikorsky
Robinson Unmanned’s new R66 Turbinetruck equipped with Sikorsky’s MATRIX autonomy system. (Photo: Robinson Unmanned) Robinson Helicopter on March 9 announced the launch of its new Robinson...
AeroVironment Expands Manufacturing Capacity, UAS Products, With ESAero Acquisition
ESAero’s VESA counter-UAS drone interceptor. (Image: AeroVironment) AeroVironment [AVAV] on March 16 said it has acquired Empirical Systems Aerospace, Inc. (ESAero) in a $200 million deal that adds...
