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The Aircraft Electronics Association has released its second-quarter 2016 Avionics Market Report and, unfortunately, it seems to be in line with other aviation Business Association reports that have recently come out. The bottom line is, sales are down. In the first six months of the year, total worldwide business and general aviation avionics sales amounted to about $1.1 billion. This number indicates a 6.5 percent decrease when compared to the first six months of 2015. On Sunday, August 14, SpaceX launched their Falcon 9 booster with a JCSAT-16 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, into a geostationary transfer orbit. Wh