This technical paper presents recent trends in the development of safety- critical avionics systems. It discusses the emergence of Integrated Modular Avionics (IMA) architectures and standards, the ...

Universal Avionics’ next-generation flight management system will be a software-based solution based on an integrated modular avionics infrastructure, the company revealed at the Paris Air Show this ...

Lorraine Bolsinger is president and chief executive of GE Aviation Systems, which has had a busy year with the completion of its acquisition of performance-based navigation specialist Naverus and the ...

If one avionics trend is set to dominate 2026, it is the decisive shift from hardware-led cockpit upgrades to software-defined avionics. The idea has been circulating for years, but this year it’s on ...

Airbus and Boeing are providing glimpses of the potential for flightdeck development beyond the initial equipage for their new competing widebodies, respectively the A350 and the 787. In both cases ...