- Honeywell Launches UAV Industrial Inspection Service, Teams with Intel on Innovative Offering[Oct. 13, 2017]
Honeywell has launched its first commercial unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) inspection service, the Honeywell InView inspection service, to help industrial customers improve critical structure inspections while helping increase employees' safety from many of the risks associated with these often-dangerous working conditions.
- Dubai Airport Is Replacing Security Checks with Face-scanning Fish[Oct. 11, 2017]
Dubai International Airport is doing away with security counters next year and introducing virtual fish to verify your identity instead. Yes, you read that right.
- Thales Creates New Artificial Intelligence Hub in Montreal[Oct. 10, 2017]
Thales SA, whose products range from aerospace to defense, security and transportation, is opening an artificial intelligence center Montreal and will hire 50 people for the new facility.
- Australia's Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) Uses Pratt & Whitney Canada's FAST Prognostics Solution to Enhance Air Operations[Oct. 10, 2017]
Australia's famed Royal Flying Doctor Service South Eastern (RFDS SE) Section is adopting Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC)'s FAST (Full flight data Acquisition, Storage and Transmission) prognostic solution to help optimize its operations, reduce costs, increase the availability of its fleet of Beechcraft King Air aircraft and bring new efficiencies to their aeromedical organization through predictive and preventive maintenance. P&WC is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp.
- SD Launches Cyber Security Portfolio at NBAA[Oct. 09, 2017]
Satcom Direct (SD), the business aviation connectivity provider is introducing a suite of comprehensive cyber security services and products at NBAA-BACE 2017, Booth C11420. In response to the growing number of global cyber attacks on the aviation community, SD Cyber Smart Kit and SD Cyber Security Solutions combine the benefits of SD's hardware routers, software services, ground infrastructure and technical expertise, to protect business aviation data. In addition, SD is teaching aviation professionals how to avoid cyber security failures through the delivery of a series of in-depth training courses.
- Global Helicopter Service Becomes Launch Customer for Airbus Helicopters' FlyScan Data Analysis Software[Oct. 07, 2017]
Airbus Helicopters signed a contract with German operator Global Helicopter Service (GHS), making them the launch customer for the company's new FlyScan service, software that helps customers to analyse and manage the Health & Usage Monitoring System (HUMS) data from their helicopter fleet activities.
- Sabre Reimagines Lodging with New Content Services Solution to Expand Current Offerings and Drive New Growth[Sep. 29, 2017]
Sabre Corporation, the leading technology provider to the global travel industry, announced development of the new Sabre Content Services for Lodging, a technology solution that will integrate multiple sources of content including the Sabre global distribution system (GDS) and non-GDS sources such as aggregators, re-distributors, agency-sourced hotel content and other sources as identified. Planned for a 2018 launch, the new solution will also support a multi-representation display option of the content creating a whole new way to retail travel content.
- Rockwell Collins Sign Agreement to Bring Inmarsat's SwiftBroadband-Safety to Global Air Transport Industry[Sep. 15, 2017]
Inmarsat, the world's leading provider of global mobile satellitecommunications, has signed a strategic agreement with Rockwell Collins, a leading provider ofaviation and high-integrity solutions, for the global distribution of its next-generationSwiftBroadband-Safety (SB-S) flightdeck connectivity solution. The agreement builds on asuccessful long-term strategic relationship between the two companies and will bring new levelsof safety and operational efficiency to the aviation industry.
- Airlines to Monitor Pilot Training Process in Real Time[Sep. 07, 2017]
MOMook, intelligent business and training management software developer, is delighted to announce that airlines can now monitor pilots' training progress in real time. Wizz Air, SmartLynx Airlines and Viet Flight Training, a subsidiary of Vietnam Airlines, are among the first companies to use the training management solution.
- Airbnb Will Quadruple Its China Tech Team to Target Millennials[Aug. 15, 2017]
Airbnb Inc. is ramping up its investment in China, quadrupling its engineering team over the next 12 months to focus on affluent millennials who're increasingly exploring the world's second largest economy.