Duncan Aviation has equipped a Dassault Falcon 900 with Honeywell's OneView AIS-1000 in-flight television system and the manufacturer's MCS-6000i Aero-I multi-channel satellite communications hardware, marking the first time that both systems have been operated together on a Falcon 900. AIS-1000 will be able to provide more than 60 channels of live news, sports, weather and business information, along with 40 music channels.
Source: Flight International
Swiss defence procurement agency Armasuisse has unveiled its new Bombardier Global 7500 following its delivery in late 2024.
Pratt & Whitney has growing confidence over the potential for a revolutionary hydrogen-combustion, steam-injection turbine engine in the 2050s, after component-level testing of the “hardest parts” of the powerplant demonstrated the feasibility and benefits of the architecture.
Despite uncertainty over the future of its sixth-generation fighter development programme, the US Air Force is committing fresh funding toward a separate effort to develop a propulsion solution for “future air dominance platforms”.
