That’s a question for the original poster. I’m asking about things that FA announced, not for new features out of the blue.
We touched on PiAware already. I would keep the image version on site up to date, even if just renaming it as you suggested.
We also touched on the hardware. Is anything new needed? Apparently not, but there is “unfinished” business vis-a-vis the once announced new stick.
Any new SD card image (based on Bookworm or Trixie) will necessitate moving the networking from dhcpcd to NetworkManager. Maybe that work took/is taking longer than planned and they have decided to wait until Trixie is officially released. Guesstimate by @abcd567 sounds very plausible to me.
Another point I don’t see discussed is FA’s sale of itself to Rockwell Collins in 2021. Now it is a very small part of the US defence behemoth RTX (current market cap ~ 155 billion USD), When these transactions go down, the resources allocated and priorities of the organization change based on what the new ownership wants. I have no knowledge that is the case for FA, but it is a pretty common occurrence. The way things worked before may not be how they do going forward.
“needed”? maybe not. But there’s always room for improvements on hardware development
News to me, and may “explain” everything.
Thank you for posting!
Drawing from experience, i remember what it was like to have the big fish swallow you and you become the sucker fish on the side of the whale overnight. Suddenly you aren’t “family” anymore and you get food scraps and the worst room in the house.
There was some discussion at the time:
Flightaware did announce the sale, but definitely kept it quiet nevertheless.
ADSBExchange sold itself and we have seen how the support of the independent feeders responded.
May have to rethink supporting Collins/Flightaware. Just shut down one of my two feeders.
Many things need to be updated and fixed: hardware, software and the “Other” reporting fiasco come to mind. If Flightaware does nothing to improve these, then why should any of us support them. Just asking the question. There are other deserving companies.
The ball is now in Collins Aerospace and Flightaware courts.
Is Collins Aerospace the same as Rockwell Collins? I had the impression they were a different company. Could be wrong.
Rockwell Collins was merged with UTC Aerospace Systems to form Collins Aerospace.
Wikipedia article with more details here:
Ok, I sort of lost track of all that history. Rockwell International bought Collins Radio in the early 1970’s. I worked at Collins Radio – then Rockwell Collins for about half of my career.
Yes, “Collins Aerospace” is more accurately the entity that purchased FA. Trying to unpick what the current RTX consists of through mergers, acquisitions, rebranding, etc. is a real head spinner. Lawyers who deal in this type of work must have made a mint.
My intent on bringing it up was not that there was no public knowledge of the sale, but its possible relevance to software and hardware developments (or lack thereof) coming from FA. New management may have shelved some projects and set new objectives for the company.
Try not to say courts lol.
