The winner of the first phase will be used to make a simulation that could be developed by GE for onboard flight systems.
But Aeromobile's technology involves installing a small mobile base station on board to manage signal strength, and ensure calls do not interfere with flight systems.
"They're totally blind, " says Karen Lee , a veteran 747 pilot and manager of the Advanced Flight Systems division at UPS (nyse: UPS - news - people ).
Technologies being tested in the program include advanced guidance, navigation and control, thermal protection systems, avionics, high temperature structures and seals, conformal reusable insulation, lightweight electromechanical flight systems, and autonomous orbital flight, reentry and landing.
ENGADGET: USAF relaunches its first X-37B on a slightly less mysterious spaceflight
However, it may be a decade until such in-flight review systems gain wide traction.
Mr Teso set out to find a way to subvert the flight management systems (FMS) found on many different aircraft.
The airlines' cry for help comes on the heels of US Airways Group's announcement that it will remove in-flight entertainment systems on domestic flights starting in November.
In fact, (and this will get me a lot of nasty-grams), between the sophistication of available GPS-based information and new-generation digital flight control systems, hand-flying is pretty much becoming a lost art.
Extra money may help to raise that threshold but further security breaches will only continue the flight of BAE Systems' workers out of the country.
BBC: Saudis look at the scene of the hostage taking in Khobar
Its baggage handling, airbridges and flight information display systems may have been operational, but there was evidently too little time for proper tests and training.
Fifth-generation aircraft are invisible to radar, have advanced flight and weapons control systems and can cruise at supersonic speeds, officials say.
Research opportunities include research in the areas of compact energy storage and pulsed power, aerothermal protection systems for flight vehicles, high-strength and dielectric structural materials, and system interfaces between high-power loads and platform power distribution networks.
For many airlines, onboard in-flight entertainment (IFE) systems can be expensive to buy, install and maintain.
The remaining 15% of first-half sales came from the aviation segment, which offers a comprehensive line of panel-mounted and portable products, including completely integrated systems that deliver flight instrumentation, location, navigation, communication and identification data.
When people talk about reducing the energy and carbon impact of air travel, they almost always focus on improving the design of engines, wings and fuselages, or on using computer systems to shorten flight paths and eliminate delays.
The last mission carried all the equipment necessary for manned flight and tested life-support systems.
They disrupt airline operations because the systems handle everything from flight dispatching to crew scheduling, from ticket sales to frequent-flier accounts.
The Chroma airport suite brings together monitoring systems for operations such as flight information and passenger movement.
They share reservation systems so that if a flight is delayed or cancelled passengers can safely rebook on another (yes competitive) airline.
FORBES: Here's Why I'm Grateful Microsoft Doesn't Build Airplanes
Its multi-million pound sale to a property developer was confirmed by owner BAE Systems after its final commercial flight on 21 December.
In general, AVIC joint ventures and subsidiaries make parts and assemblies for engines, avionics, aircraft wings and tails, nose cones, flight decks, landing gear, fuel systems, hydraulics and the fuselage itself.
FORBES: Name You Need to Know: Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC)
Under the likely deal, designated American and Japanese airlines will be able to link their trans-Pacific services to flights provided by third-country carriers, sharing flight numbers and even aircraft and reservation systems.
The airline says all personal profile details are deleted from the airline's systems 48-hours after the flight.
Sierra Nevada Space Systems showed video of a successful flight of their Dream Catcher orbital space vehicle this year.
The facility in Jacksonville will perform pre-equipping, mechanical assembly, structural assembly, systems installation and testing, and flight testing of A-29 aircraft, Embraer said.
Integrating reservations systems is a complex and enormous task for airlines, partly because they have to take the systems temporarily offline, even though flight operations must continue.
As the anti-icing fluids lose their effectiveness in flight, the aircraft is still equipped with systems that prevent frozen precipitation from building on the wings, tail and various sensors around the airplane.
For aircrafts to return to flight, the will have to install the containment and venting systems for both the main and the auxiliary batteries, along with replacing the batteries and their chargers.
Picocell systems have been tested on several flights, including a flight over the Pacific last August, and a test over Geneva to demonstrate that ground-based networks were not affected.
应用推荐