Flightaware Being Sold to Collins/Raytheon

[RaleighGuy]

Collins Aerospace, a Raytheon Technologies business, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately held FlightAware

Collins Aerospace to acquire FlightAware 

Collins Aerospace has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately held FlightAware, a leading digital aviation company providing global flight tracking solutions, predictive technology, analytics and decision-making tools.

www.collinsaerospace.com

 

[Rt169Radio]

Wonder if that's a good thing or bad thing?

 

[KK4JUG]

Historically, Raytheon has enjoyed a pretty good reputation but we'll see.

 

[RaleighGuy]

Just got an email from FlightAware since I feed to them. The text follows...

"We would like to be the first to tell you about a recent event – Collins Aerospace has announced its intent to acquire FlightAware.

Let’s talk about what that means for FlightAware's ADS-B network.

Most importantly, Collins recognizes the importance of the ADS-B ground station network and is committed to maintaining and expanding it. This acquisition opens up resources to deliver new hardware innovations, better open-source software solutions, and a variety of web and mobile improvements to benefit the flight tracking community.

Immediately on the horizon is are technological updates to PiAware, the ProStick, and more. Later this year, our roadmap now includes reaching out to schools with STEM programs to get a new generation of aviation enthusiasts to learn the nuts and bolts of flight tracking.

FlightAware has a unique culture, which we all value – and the ADS-B community is at the heart of it. As any announcements come through, we want to reassure you that you’ll still be talking to the same folks who you always have – we’re committed to this community like we have been since the beginning. We’ll keep you in the loop for the upcoming advancements as always.

FlightAware ADS-B team"

 

[Thunderknight]

Ah yes, it's always a good thing when a small private tech company with direct engagement on their forums is bought by a huge corporation....

 

[GTR8000]

As someone who has invested in a bunch of Pro Sticks (for non-ADS-B purposes), I'm interested in seeing what improvements they might make to them.

 

[Mark]

Yesterday McGuire KC-10 #84-0190 went to Davis Monthan as HOIST-99.. Sounds like it could be retired.
It hasn't been very active the last Month.

 

[PACNWDude]

This will be interesting. Have used the site to track my own corporate aircraft and testing of same. Like another said, when a larger corporation buys a smaller onw that is directly engaged with its customers, that could be a problem. Hopefully not, and I also have had great luck with Raytheon, just not Collins. Collins sold many ARC-210 V5 radios stating that they were P25 compatible, which they are barely compatible to the standards as set back in 1989. I do look forward to any improvements to aircraft receivers that feed into the website though. Could get interesting.