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Industry Scan
FAA Leadership Supportive Of NextGen Implementation Task Force Report FAA leadership complimented the work of the RTCA NextGen Mid-Term Implementation Task Force, describing its final report as an industry consensus document that helps focus the...
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People
Tracy Simpson Crane Aerospace & Electronics, based in Lynnwood, Wash., named Tracy Simpson vice president, Strategic Sourcing & Supplier Development. Simpson has been with Crane Aerospace & Electronics for more than 20 years, primarily in...
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Calendar
November 4 Avionics Magazine Webinar, "NextGen Task Force: Applying The Recommendations," 12 noon, EST. Visit www.aviationtoday.com/webinars. 9 SAE/TTA-Group Open Forum, Washington State Convention and Trade Center, Seattle. Visit...
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Lethal, Versatile, Affordable
The next-generation missile to arm United States combat helicopters, tactical jets and UAVs will leverage evolutionary improvements in seeker, fuze and control technology. The Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM), now under development by competing industry...
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Product Focus: Wire & Cable
It’s been a decade since wiring problems led to the crashes of TWA Flight 800 and Swissair Flight 111. Years of regulatory work to address shortcomings in aircraft electrical wiring systems has finally resulted in a FAA rule to address the problem...
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New Products
Flight Computer Avidyne, of Lincoln, Mass., introduced an attitude-based DFC100 Digital Flight Control System, which was specifically designed for installation in Cirrus SR20s and SR22s with Avidyne’s dual Air Data and Attitude Heading Reference Systems...
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Wireless Data Delivers
Depending on your background, you might be curious as to what wireless data transmission is and if you need that capability aboard your aircraft. Some people resist technology (late adopters) while others understand the benefits and pave the way, sometimes...
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Perspectives: Advancing AIXM
FAA, Eurocontrol, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and others, with the assistance of companies such as FedEx and Lufthansa, are developing the Aeronautical Information Exchange Model (AIXM), a...
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Editor’s Note: A Corner Turned
I couldn’t help but feel patriotic at the Sept. 29 roll-out of the Gulfstream G650 in Savannah, Ga. There we stood, a gaggle of journalists on a makeshift platform, waiting just inside the hangar door of the cavernous new manufacturing building erected...
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Aviationtoday.com: Beyond the Slogans
It’s not just corporate sloganeering: the aviation industry is truly in the forefront of "green" solutions to reduce air pollution. At the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) conference in October in Orlando, Fla., the business jet...
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Industry Scan
Honeywell Display Combines Synthetic Terrain, Enhanced Vision Honeywell Aerospace reports it is close to productionizing a combined synthetic vision, enhanced vision display that will support lower landing minima in a head-down display. In a briefing in...
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People
Gregory Yeldon CMC Electronics, of Montreal, promoted Gregory Yeldon to president. Yeldon has more than 20 years of experience in the aerospace sector. He has served as interim president of CMC Electronics since November 2008. Additionally, he has served as...
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Calendar
October 4-7 Air Traffic Control Association (ATCA) 54th Annual Conference & Exhibition, Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, Washington, D.C. Contact ATCA, phone 703-299-2430 or visit www.atca.org. 5-7 Association of the U.S. Army (AUSA) Annual...
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Fixing GPS
Brownout" is probably the last term one would ever think of using in association with the Global Positioning System. So when a Stanford University professor briefed a congressional committee in May with a presentation entitled "Mitigation of...
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Product Focus: Software
The fusing of data that gives flight crews better insight into aircraft operations is directly related to the ability of software providers to integrate data from multiple aircraft systems like sensor control, communications and displays. It is a capability...
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New Products
DC/DC Converter North Atlantic Industries (NAI), of Bohemia, N.Y., released a 3U, cPCI DC/DC converter, 55MQ2, which provides 150 watts of output power at full load over its operating temperature range of -55°C to +85°C (conduction cooled and measured...
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Aviationtoday.com: High-Flying Troubles
In 1965, a then-unknown lawyer named Ralph Nader came out with a blockbuster expose of the automobile industry’s systematic disregard for safety. Called "Unsafe at Any Speed," the book sparked a revolution in transportation regulation...
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Mid-Term Middle Ground
The RTCA NextGen Mid-Term Implementation Task Force, formed this year to develop consensus recommendations to expedite the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen), has produced a list of suggested operational capabilities in five identified...
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Editor’s Note: The Business Case
As we report in our preview of the 62nd National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) annual meeting and convention this month (page 22), organizers and exhibitors alike are bracing for a reduced event as the crisis continues in business aviation. There was...
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Upgrades Available
Avionics manufacturers, and the association itself, have put a positive spin on this year’s National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) convention, despite the dour economy and scaled-back plans by some major OEMs. The biggest trade event in the...
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