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| 12.01.2003 |
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New Products
TCAS Interface Vista, Calif.-based Sandel Avionics has developed an enhancement to its ST3400 terrain awareness warning system (TAWS). A new interface allows the display of traffic advisory and resolution advisory (TA/RA) information from traffic alert...
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| 11.01.2003 |
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New Products
Requirements Management Software A requirements management tool designed _for complex, multiphase development programs has been introduced by Telelogic, based in Malmo, Sweden, and Irvine, Calif. The company has introduced DOORS 7.0 Dynamic Requirements...
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| 11.01.2003 |
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Product Focus: Voice Switches: What’s Next?
Producing voice switches isn’t rocket science, but air traffic controllers can’t do without them. Aside from en route equipment, which has more time left before replacement becomes necessary, many switches in the U.S. National Airspace System...
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| 10.01.2003 |
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New Products
Dual-Band Antennas Two new dual-band antennas, the ComDat Cl 480-1 and 490-1, are now offered by Comant Industries, Santa Fe Springs, Calif. The ComDat Cl 480-1 is an active antenna that operates at Global Star frequencies, with continuous TX coverage from...
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| 10.01.2003 |
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Product Focus: In-Flight Entertainment
Few systems providers got hit harder financially than the in-flight entertainment (IFE) industry, as a result of 9/11, the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic, and the worldwide economic slump. When airlines struggle financially or even face...
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| 09.01.2003 |
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New Products
PCI/cPCI Cards Ballard Technology, Everett, Wash., recently announced its OmniBus family of PCI and cPCI interface cards for Mil-Std-1553, ARINC 429/575, ARINC 708/453 and ARINC 717/573 avionics data buses. Available in a range of single- or mixed-protocol...
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| 08.01.2003 |
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Avionics Magazine’s Customer Support Guide
Ever want to make a purchase or inquiry or schedule a service, but didn’t know whom to contact? We suspect you have, which is why we have compiled the following listing. It reflects responses from members of the Airline Avionics Institute (AAI) and...
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| 08.01.2003 |
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New Products
Single-Board Computer A new commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) single-board computer (SBC) has been introduced by Vista Controls, a Curtiss-Wright company. The VCP P3A was designed to provide fast access to large amounts of data. It gives users in military...
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| 08.01.2003 |
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Product Focus: Automatic Test Equipment: Next Generation
Boeing’s ATS 182 automatic test equipment (ATE) – designed to use in acceptance testing and troubleshooting Boeing-built avionics systems on B737 Classic and next-generation (NG) aircraft, 747s, 757s and 767s–is running out of time...
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| 07.01.2003 |
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New Products
Multihazard Display Ryan International, Columbus, Ohio, offers what it claims is the aviation industry’s first display dedicated solely to presenting hazard information. The color, 3 ATI (air transport indicator) liquid crystal display is designed for...
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| 07.01.2003 |
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Product Focus: Connectors: On to Fiber Optics
When we last discussed connectors in the Product Focus section, in the November 2002 issue (page 46), we reported on the dual standard that the Airlines Electronic Engineering Committee (AEEC) New Installations Concepts (NIC) subcommittee was drawing up for...
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| 06.01.2003 |
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Product Focus: Antennas: Growing Capability, Smaller Size
As everyone knows, the success of radio frequency (RF) applications depends as much upon the antenna as upon the electronics behind it.A new satellite-based airborne communications network developed by ARINC Inc., for example, seeks to introduce...
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| 06.01.2003 |
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New Products
VOR/NDB Simulator Aviation Tutorials Co. LLC, Oak Creek, Wis., recently released version 2.0 of its VOR/ NDB Simulator, training software to help pilots hone their VOR and NDB navigation skills. Its graphics include a fully interactive map area and realistic...
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| 05.01.2003 |
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Switch Evolution: Slow but Steady
Cockpit switch technology moves slowly. LED (light-emitting diode) illumination, introduced more than a decade ago, has improved product reliability and reduced maintenance costs, but there is still a sizable market for its predecessor, incandescent lighting...
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| 04.01.2003 |
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New Products
MEMS-Based AHRS The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently approved the first standalone micro electromechanical system- (MEMS)-based attitude heading reference system (AHRS) for general aviation. Crossbow Technology, San Jose, Calif., designed the...
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| 04.01.2003 |
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Product Focus: Wire and Cable
The importance of wire and cable selection, installation and maintenance cannot be overstated. The aviation industry’s approach to the parlous state of electrical wiring can be likened to an alcoholic’s progress—stout denial, fervent...
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| 03.01.2003 |
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Product Focus: Developments in Data Bus Test
Although the ubiquitous Mil-Std-1553 data bus is fast approaching middle age, data bus test, simulation and monitoring equipment boasts up-to-the-minute packaging and software. The new Airbus 380 avionics backbone is rapidly gathering similar support. New...
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| 03.01.2003 |
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New Products
Oscillator Fox Electonics, Fort Myers, Fla., claims to have the world’s smallest oscillator. The new F330 series measures 0.126 by 0.1 by 0.047 inches (3.2 by 2.5 by 1.2 mm). It is half the length of previous oscillator models, making it appropriate for...
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| 02.01.2003 |
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New Products
IP Cores Santa Barbara, Calif.-based Condor Engineering now offers its CORE-1553 and CORE-MMSI intellectual property (IP) cores for programmable logic devices. CORE-1553 is a downloadable encoder/decoder/processing core that can provide one or more...
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| 02.01.2003 |
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Product Focus: Inmarsat Swift64 Expands
Inmarsat’s 11-month-old Swift64 high-speed data service, based on the Inmarsat-3 constellation, has carved out a niche in government and corporate aviation. As of December, more than 100 terminals apparently had been sold, and five manufacturers were...
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