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January 1, 2009
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 equipage plans. New avionics — data links, displays, GPS Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) receivers — promise to make flight...January 1, 2009
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 for the 61st National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) convention in Orlando, Fla. Mindful of the bear market on Wall Street, NBAA, one of the...January 1, 2009
The market for unmanned aircraft used in intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions could reach $44.5 billion in the next decade General Atomics’ RQ-1 Predator first flew as an Advanced Concept Technology Demonstrator in 1994. Northrop Grumman’s Global Hawk, an outgrowth of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) program, first lifted off from Edwards Air Force Base in...January 1, 2009
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 roots. That’s been the case with avionics connectors, for example. The revolution in high-speed, high-bandwidth data transfer and the extensive use...January 1, 2009
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 by comparing the aerospace industry in this current economic crisis to the B-17 Flying Fortress. As a kid, I pieced together more than one Revell...January 1, 2009
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 Performance and Interoperability Implementing Rule (SPI-IR). A draft of the intended rule, published in early November, forms the basis for a...January 1, 2009
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, Central and South America. Visit www.ad-aero.com. Connector Assembly A.E. Petsche opened a Value-Added Connector Assembly operation in Dallas. The...January 1, 2009
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. Prior to Tecom, Melconian was employed by Litton Integrated Systems Division, where he was responsible for the development of communication and...January 1, 2009
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 Station Yelahanka, Bengaluru, India. See www.aeroindia.in. 22-24 Heli-Expo 2009, Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, Calif. Contact organizer...December 1, 2008
Avionics Magazine proudly presents the fourth edition of our biennial Aerospace...December 1, 2008
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 capability operational proved daunting. Earlier this year, the United States Air Force turned off the spigot on its main effort in that area, sending the...December 1, 2008
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 that build and maintain aircraft. One such opportunity came during the AEEC General Session, held in October in Tulsa, Okla. While there, I signed on...December 1, 2008
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 2001 through the acquisition of Trimble Navigation’s business and commuter aircraft avionics division, FreeFlight Systems supplies GPS/WAAS...December 1, 2008
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 he held as an active-duty Army colonel, Hazelwood has more than 25 years of U.S. Department of Defense material acquisition leadership and management...December 1, 2008
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 & Exhibition, Hong Kong Business Aviation Center at Hong Kong International Airport, Hong Kong, China. Visit www.abace.aero. 11-15 Aero India 2009, Air...November 1, 2008
Managing optimal engine performance is becoming increasingly critical, not only for safety and reliability, but for fuel burn savings so important to airlines and business jet operators. Advances in heat-resistant sensors and in full authority digital electronic controls (FADEC) and auto-throttles, along with improved onboard maintenance systems and Engine Indication and Crew Alerting System (EICAS)...November 1, 2008
Now in its 20th year, Innovative Solutions & Support (IS&S) has evolved from being a supplier of discrete avionic instruments to providing advanced, integrated display systems as well as air-data products, fuel gages and engine instruments. The company’s flat-panel displays are available as retrofit solutions for a range of aircraft, including the Boeing 757/767, the C-130, Cessna Citation...November 1, 2008
The mantra for designers and manufacturers of avionics-grade wire and cable is to do more with less. The "more" relates to the bandwidth capability and throughput that make it possible for airlines and corporate operators to load their in-flight entertainment (IFE) systems with more movies, more music, more games and more connectivity. The "less" means developing smaller gauge wires and...November 1, 2008
Nowadays, the interconnectedness of systems is becoming more important than the systems themselves. Fifth-generation fighters like the F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning II, with their ability to penetrate enemy air defenses, bring much in the way of stealth, lethality and survivability; with their advanced sensors and datalinks, they bring even more as the forward "nodes" of a networked, airborne...November 1, 2008
In less than 10 years, the Network-Centric Operations (NCO) concept has emerged from the pages of scholarly journals to become a major military initiative commanding a significant portion of U.S. defense spending. Also known as Net-Centric Warfare, the concept aims to transform the battlefield by using network technologies to breach the traditional barriers between ground, ship and air-based forces...
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