Hughes-Avicom has formed an alliance with Taiwan's ITRI research institute and Aerovision Avionics, also of Taiwan, to develop and market in-flight entertainment (IFE) systems. ITRI surprised the industry in 1996 with its new Taiwan Air Vision IFE demonstrator.
Source: Flight International
China Airlines will retrofit its Airbus A350s with “all-new” cabin products, with the first upgraded widebody to enter service in 2027.
Russia’s Yakovlev and electronic systems specialist KRET have completed development of the autopilot and autothrust algorithms for the SJ-100 twinjet. The SJ-100 is the latest version of the Superjet 100, and features an increased proportion of systems produced domestically rather than by foreign suppliers. Preliminary testing on the ‘electronic bird’ ...
In-flight data provider Gogo completed its planned acquisition of once-competitor Satcom Direct on 4 December and named Satcom’s former president Chris Moore as CEO.
