A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 143 satellites was launched successfully into space Sunday, January 24, 2021 by SpaceX. This constitutes a record number of satellites launched at one time by a single rocket.
The Transporter 1 Mission broke the previous record of 104 satellites launched at once in 2017. SpaceX has been focusing on shared launches with multiple diverse payloads. Included in the record breaking launch were weather tracking satellites, some of SpaceX’s own Starlink satellites as well as a variety of others for companies like Planet and ICEYE.
Comply365 announced Flight Training International, a Denver-based training academy, will rely on Comply365’s cloud-based solutions for a more efficient digital operation.
Instructors and student pilots will have instant access to the information they need through targeted distribution using Comply365’s Document & Communication Manager (DCM).
“We needed a reliable solution to provide targeted distribution of our manuals and instructional content,” Mike Medley, Flight Training International president said. “Comply365 is a tried, tested and proven solution that was recommended to us by others across the industry.”
Flight Training International is an FAA-approved training center specializing in ATP and Type Rating, providing training to commercial pilots, U.S. military and government entities, FAA, and flight test groups, at multiple locations across the United States.
“Managing and delivering critical documents to pilots is essential at every level of aviation, and we are excited to welcome Flight Training International to our global community of pilot users,” Comply365 CEO Tom Samuel said. “We look forward to providing their instructors and students with a great user experience.”
Comply365 says the instructors and students will be able to more accurately and quickly search their training documents, which will always contain the most up-to-date information through automatic revision controls. The academy will be able to deliver content based on roles and drive higher rates of compliance with reporting insights.
RwandAir has recently chosen TRAX’s eMRO software to implement a complete, user-friendly,and web-based solution. RwandAir Limited is the flag carrier airline of Rwanda. It operates domestic and international services to East Africa, Central Africa, West Africa, Southern Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, from its main base at Kigali International Airport.
The airline has passenger air transportation as its core activity, supplemented by air cargo services. Operating under a slogan of “Fly the Dream of Africa,” RwandAir has a mixed fleet of 12 aircraft that includes Airbus A330s, Boeing 737NGs, Bombardier CRJ-900NGs, and DHC-8 Q400s.
TRAX says their eMRO product is a leading-edge device-agnostic application designed to cater to virtually every aspect of aircraft maintenance and fleet management. Deployed via any web browser, this technology lets users stay connected no matter where they are. Through this application, maintenance operations can be managed from a desktop or remotely from a phone or tablet.
eMRO is a fully integrated product which allows complete information flow between the modules throughout the system. The software provides the means to manage and maintain all information generated by a maintenance organization. With an open architecture and easy installation, eMRO was built to empower users. This solution gives operations the accessibility that maximizes productivity and streamlines business processes.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is making it easier to research aviation safety guidance material from the Office of Aviation Safety (AVS).
The Dynamic Regulatory System (DRS) (linked here) combines more than 65 document types from more than a dozen different repositories into a single searchable application. The comprehensive knowledge center centralizes the FAA’s aviation safety guidance material from the Flight Standards Information System (FSIMS) and the agency’s Regulatory Guidance System (RGL).
Each guidance document includes a link to the Code of Federal Regulations provision on which the document is based. DRS contains more than 2 million regulatory guidance documents, which can be browsed or searched. A search engine allows for basic or advanced searches and different ways to sort and view the results. The system includes pending and current versions of all documents along with their revision history. Information in the DRS is updated every 24 hours.
FAA says the DRS exceeds the requirements of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-254), to establish a centralized safety database. DRS is constantly evolving, and in the future will provide even more features, functionality and document types. It will allow the agency to eventually sunset legacy systems such as FSIMS and RGL. FAA says subject matter experts across the global aviation community collaborated on this project.
“The tool represents a giant step forward in providing consistency and standardization of regulatory interpretation by expediting research of aviation regulations and related documents,” an announcement from the FAA says.
Times Microwave Systems, maker of RF and microwave interconnect assemblies, cables, and connectors, announced recently its complete avionics end-to-end RF interconnect solution with the TCA product line — including cables, modular connectors, tooling, and a pulling nose.
The company says their TCA product line improves installation efficiency and increases safety. It features lightweight, low-loss, high-temperature, highly flexible TCA cable, ideal for meeting avionics’ critical electrical and mechanical performance requirements for applications including satellite communications, collision avoidance, navigation, and more.
The flight friendly modular connector system makes terminating the cable quick and easy while ensuring optimal electrical and mechanical performance. TCA connectors provide:
Standardized and error-proof connectorization
Reduced inventory costs and risks
Simplified installation/replacement operations
Eliminate foreign object damage (FOD) – pretermination means no onboard tooling and no braid trimming
The TCA product line also includes unique, all-in-one prep tools including the ST-3520, ST-31156 and ST-3112for simple, safe, and repeatable cable termination. Users can save time by preterminating the assemblies with the cable entry and using the TCA’s pulling eye to “fish” the assembly through the fuselage of an aircraft. This enables the user to complete the connector installation with the configuration that best fits the final system.
The modular concept helps ease troubleshooting and repair. The pulling eye is also reusable and improves installation time.
“Times Microwave application engineers have centuries of combined experience developing RF interconnects to perform in the most challenging aviation environments,” said Carrie Obedzinski, business development manager at Times Microwave. “However, standard products are only a starting point; our team specializes in developing tailored solutions to meet the customer’s unique needs. We excel at helping them take on their biggest challenges in installation, performance improvement and product design.”
In-house engineering and manufacturing capabilities enable Times Microwave to deliver RF products that meet the most demanding and unusual aviation requirements, including customized solutions in product design, installation, regulatory compliance, and performance improvement. Most importantly, as a manufacturer with fully integrated design, production, assembly and testing capabilities, Times Microwave says it can deliver RF interconnect solutions from conception through flight testing and production.
You must be logged in to post a comment.