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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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Avionics Driving Efficiency Gains
Buffeted by a volatile fuel market, financial meltdown and economic downturn, the world’s airlines are navigating through some very challenging conditions. After climbing back from six successive years of losses to post a $5.6 billion net profit in...
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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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Emerging From Shell Shock
As we stagger out of our bunkers and sort through the rubble of 2008, the indicators for the coming year don’t auger well. It’s entirely possible that we’ll continue to endure economic bombardment well into 2009. Let’s first examine...
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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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Editor’s Note: On Wing And Prayer
It’s not often that I get to mention my favorite World War II aircraft in the pages of a 21st century technology magazine. So I was pleased when Marion C. Blakey, president and CEO of the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA), provided an entrée...
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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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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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Airline Uncertainty
The recession in the global economy is casting a shadow over the airline industry and its growth potential for the coming year. Despite sharply lower oil prices, economic stagnation threatens airlines’ delicate balance sheets and could restrain avionics...
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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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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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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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Editor’s Note: Working Together
In a previous column, I remarked on some of the different aircraft I’ve been fortunate enough to fly aboard as an aviation journalist. Another perk of this job is the opportunity to visit some of the world’s great industrial plants, the facilities...
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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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Product Focus: Databus Technology
Just a year ago, it appeared that aircraft databus technology was poised to break into the 200 Mbps range, multiplying traditional data communications rates by 100-fold or more. Initial tests were promising, but the technical challenge of making such a...
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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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