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| 02.01.2009 |
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Opportunity Knocks
Amidst the doom and gloom of the global financial meltdown, there are discernible signs of movement, at least within the avionics industry. In the stagnant economy we’ve inherited from Wall Street, companies can choose either to hunker down, contain...
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| 02.01.2009 |
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Industry Scan
Commercial Boeing Restructures Boeing in December announced a restructuring within its Commercial Airplanes division, combining production and development programs, including the 787 Dreamliner and 747-8, under a new Airplane Programs organization and forming...
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| 02.01.2009 |
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Product Focus: Connectors
With the introduction of high-speed data communications for the cockpit and the continuing evolution of advanced in-flight entertainment systems in the cabin, avionics connector manufacturers and standards-setting bodies working to define specifications have...
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| 02.01.2009 |
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New Products
Maintenance Center Duncan Aviation will build a full-service business aviation maintenance facility in Provo, Utah. The facility, which is set to open in August 2010, will provide airframe, engine, interior completions, exterior paint and avionics...
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| 02.01.2009 |
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The Hardware Link
Quiz: In our increasingly numerical world, which of the following standards has rapidly become the focal point for the silicon in avionics hardware? Mil-Std-1553 AS9100 DO-178B DO-254 If you said 3 — DO-178B — you are close. But the correct answer...
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| 01.01.2009 |
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Industry Scan
Commercial ADS-B In Europe Equipping for Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) in European airspace will be mandatory starting in 2015 — five years earlier than in the United States — under the European Commission’s Surveillance...
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| 01.01.2009 |
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People
Arsen Melconian Tecom Industries, Inc., Thousand Oaks, Calif., appointed Arsen Melconian president. Melconian most recently was Tecom’s vice president of engineering and chief technology officer. He joined the company in 2002 as director of engineering...
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| 01.01.2009 |
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Calendar
February 11-12 National Business Aviation Association, Asian Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (ABACE), Hong Kong Business Aviation Center at Hong Kong International Airport, Hong Kong, China. Visit www.abace.aero. 11-15 Aero India 2009, Air Force...
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| 01.01.2009 |
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Business Aviation Confronts Slowdown
The outlook for business aviation today might look different in the cold light of a new morning. Three months ago, despite the drumbeat of bad economic news that preceded it, there was still cause for hope, if not optimism, as some 30,000 registrants gathered...
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| 01.01.2009 |
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Product Focus: Switches
Many of the small bits and pieces in the avionics world don’t change much from year to year. That’s true of a lot of technologies. But every decade or so comes a fresh new approach that shakes one of those traditionally staid businesses to its...
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| 01.01.2009 |
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New Products
Sales Representation AD Aerospace, of Cheshire, U.K., appointed Millennium Aviation Consulting (MAC) as its representatives for Latin America. MAC will promote AD Aerospace’s FlightVu range of aerospace video safety and security systems through Mexico...
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| 01.01.2009 |
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Speed of Innovation
I once saw an amusing bumper sticker that read: "It’s not just a good idea, it’s the law: 186,287 miles per second." The message, of course, refers to the speed of light in space. Probably at the wheel of the car was a Trekkie or MIT...
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| 12.01.2008 |
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Industry Scan
Navigation System Supplier Aims To Make WAAS More Available, Affordable The new owners of FreeFlight Systems, based in Waco, Texas, are dedicated to the proposition that satellite navigation from a cost perspective can be brought down to earth. Founded in...
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| 12.01.2008 |
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People
Donald Hazelwood QinetiQ North America, of McLean, Va., named Donald Hazelwood (right) vice president of Unmanned Systems at its Systems Engineering Group. Formerly project manager of the U.S. Army’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) program, a position...
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| 12.01.2008 |
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Calendar
December 2-3 5th Annual FAA International Aviation Safety Forum, Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, D.C. Contact FAA, phone 202-267-3781 or visit www.faa.gov. 2009 February 11-12 National Business Aviation Association Asian Business Aviation Conference &...
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| 12.01.2008 |
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Aviationtoday.com: Masters No More
The interrelated dangers now facing aviation are unprecedented in scope, as the global financial system grapples with its worst crisis since the Great Depression. In the context of the wider economy, aviation is a lagging indicator, a fact that begs the...
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| 12.01.2008 |
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Acronym & Abbreviation Guide
Avionics Magazine proudly presents the fourth edition of our biennial Aerospace...
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| 11.01.2008 |
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Editor’s Note: Light Jets Burdened
One of the interesting subplots of this year’s National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) convention in Orlando was the state of the light-to-Very Light Jet (VLJ) sectors. A year ago, we were quoting forecasts in the thousands of VLJs, but recent...
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| 11.01.2008 |
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Industry Scan
Primus Epic Suite Lets Helicopter Pilots Be Flight Managers Honeywell wants to promote pilots of advanced helicopters to the same status long enjoyed by their fixed-wing brethren: flight manager as opposed to aircraft driver. Not that there’s anything...
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| 11.01.2008 |
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People
Michael Toscano The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI), in Arlington, Va., named Michael Toscano executive director. Toscano most recently was chairman of the Physical Security Equipment Action Group (PSEAG) and Program Manager for...
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