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| 05.01.2007 |
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Perspectives: Support Avionics Training Program
The advancement of our national resource of properly educated and qualified aircraft and avionics technicians is imperative to our economic and military future. The National Center for Aircraft Technician Training (NCATT) in particular is helping to...
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| 04.01.2007 |
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Letters
LAAS v. WAAS I read William Reynish’s article "Happy Landing for LAAS?" (January 2007, page 30) with great interest. My main responses to the article are these: Boeing, Airbus and the airlines are...
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| 04.01.2007 |
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Industry Scan
Chew: ATO Hitting Targets Russell G. Chew came to FAA in 2003 to head the agency’s first "performance-based" Air Traffic Organization (ATO). His recent departure came in the midst of the critical transition to a satellite-based air traffic...
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| 04.01.2007 |
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People
Bosemer, McAuliff, Greer Landmark Aviation, Tempe, Ariz., named Gary Bosemer director of avionics marketing. Bosemer, formerly Landmark Aviation’s Avionics & Airframe sales manager, will be responsible for program and product development and...
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| 03.01.2007 |
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Industry Scan
Study Outlines European ATM Need Like the United States, Europe is in dire need of a modernized air traffic management (ATM) system, or it faces air traffic congestion, airport slowdowns and eventually severe economic consequences, according to an ongoing...
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| 03.01.2007 |
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People
Joseph J. Ensor Northrop Grumman named Joseph J. Ensor vice president of Surveillance and Remote Sensing for its Electronic Systems sector. Ensor will be responsible for programs and operations of the Surveillance and Remote Sensing business area, including...
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| 03.01.2007 |
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Calendar
March 1-3 Helicopter Association International (HAI) Heli-Expo, Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Fla. Contact HAI, 703-683-4646 or visit www.rotor.com. 7-8 Avionics 2007, a conference organized by Simply Group Ltd., and Avionics magazine, Expo XXI...
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| 03.01.2007 |
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Special Report: Securing Intellectual Property
Intellectual property (IP) is as important to avionics as avionics is to an aircraft. Properly securing, maintaining and policing intellectual property rights will help maximize a company’s ability to attract investment, protect its business advantage...
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| 03.01.2007 |
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Safety: Inertial System Drift
The most expensive failure of a twin Inertial Reference System (IRS) occurred on the first Ariane V rocket in 1996. Thirty-seven seconds after liftoff, a software fault caused an extreme attitude change, which tore the launch vehicle apart. Apart from...
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| 03.01.2007 |
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Perspectives: eLORAN’s Shortcomings
While I share the concern about possible backups to automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) in the event of GPS local or larger outages, I don’t believe the entire story about Enhanced Loran...
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| 02.01.2007 |
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Industry Scan
ATC Investment Dims Outlook The pace of air traffic control (ATC) modernization represents one of the risk factors compromising an otherwise rosy outlook for the U.S. aerospace industry, says the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA). Delivering AIA’s...
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| 01.01.2007 |
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Editor's Note: Airspace Anxiety
The timing was coincidental, but the warnings were similarly dire. A British government report issued in late October predicted catastrophic consequences for the world economy if global warming continues its course, absent urgent efforts to reduce greenhouse...
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| 01.01.2007 |
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Scan
Lockheed Unveils ADS-B Team Systems integrator Lockheed Martin threw its hat into the ring for FAA’s coming requirement for Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B), unveiling a multidisciplinary team that includes Sensis Corp., Harris Corp...
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| 01.01.2007 |
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New Products
Solid-State Relay Teledyne Relays, Hawthorne, Calif., unveiled the Series S60DC40 commercial DC solid-state relay for switching high-power DC loads. The device features the latest-generation Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor (MOSFET)...
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| 11.01.2006 |
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Safety: Slippery Swaps
Initially unnoticed by the flightcrew or air traffic control (ATC), an El Al B747–412 (4X–ELS), with 455 persons on board, slipped well below the ILS glideslope (G/S), while on finals to Heathrow on Jan. 10, 2006....
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| 11.01.2006 |
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Q&A: Bizjet Market’s Avionics Concerns
Corporate aviation, with its deep-pocketed customers and premium on flexibility, has always been a catalyst for innovation in avionics – from cockpit displays to in–flight entertainment to connectivity tools. Operators at the top end of the market...
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| 11.01.2006 |
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Perspective: FMS Standards
Area navigation, or RNAV, is one of the cornerstones of the future air traffic system as envisaged by both the FAA and the Joint Program Development Office's Next Generation Air Transportation System (NGATS)....
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| 10.16.2006 |
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New Regional Eyes Love Field
A new regional airline is making plans to begin service at Dallas's Love Field. Small Community Airlines would operate BAe Jetstream 31s to points in Texas, Louisiana and New Mexico. Owner and President Lewis McPherson, said he hopes the...
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| 10.01.2006 |
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Synthetic Vision: Picturing The Future
At A Glance: Synthetic vision technology is poised for maximum visibility in the high-flying business aviation sector. We discuss FAA's ideas, as well as some of the technologies and approaches of Honeywell, IS&S and Rockwell Collins Synthetic vision is...
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| 10.01.2006 |
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Editor's Note: Synthetic Vision: The Next Step
Synthetic vision technology, as this issue of Avionics Magazine points out, is transitioning from general to corporate aviation. It's only a matter of time before bizjet operators usher the technology into everyday use. What will they get for the investment...
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