GE Aviation: FAA certification for the software Update 10.8 Boeing 737. GE Aviation announced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification of the flight management system (FMS) software Update 10.8 for Boeing Next-Generation 737s.

The new software is standard fit for all 737 production airplanes starting February 2009. “GE‘s flight management system is an example of how we‘re helping operators to reduce costs, while improving performance as it relates to on-time arrivals and less fuel, emissions, noise and less through-life cost,” said Lorraine Bolsinger, president and CEO of GE‘s Aviation Systems.

“We continue to work with customers and government bodies around the world in order to implement the technology and procedures necessary to reduce an airplane‘s impact on the environment.”