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April 1, 2009
Intelligence Upgrade
Just how valuable the intelligence gathered by the RC-12 Guardrail aircraft is to U.S. Army ground commanders is rarely disclosed. The ground-based Guardrail system uses airborne receivers to collect signals intelligence (SIGINT) and geolocate enemy...
April 1, 2009
New Products
1553/ARINC 429 Test, Simulation Products Data Device Corporation (DDC), Bohemia, N.Y., introduced new Mil-Std-1553/ARINC 429 test and simulation products, including a four-channel 1553 PCI Express card (BU-67106K) and updated Multi-I/O 1553/429 USB Avionics...
March 1, 2009
Wire Inspection, The Navy’s Way
In the United States Navy, where operational readiness is directly tied to the mission capability of highly complex aircraft, preventive maintenance is the difference between mission success or mission failure. For more than seven years, the Naval Air Systems...
March 1, 2009
Enduring Oversight
Promising endurance of up to 52 hours and operating costs a fraction of those associated with fixed-wing or rotary-wing aircraft, the Polar 400 Remotely Piloted Air Vehicle (RPAV) is an appealing new surveillance platform. Last November, Guardian Flight...
March 1, 2009
New Products
New Web Site Mid-Continent Instruments, Wichita, Kan., has launched a new Web site — www.mcico.com — providing a new tool to enhance customer service The new site was developed following a year of customer research and content organization...
March 1, 2009
Industry Scan
Commercial NextGen Update The FAA on Jan. 30 released an update to its NextGen Implementation Plan, defining the core set of avionics that will support NextGen operational capabilities deployed by 2018. The updated plan contains high-level "governing...
February 1, 2009
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...
February 1, 2009
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...
February 1, 2009
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...
February 1, 2009
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...
January 1, 2009
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...
January 1, 2009
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...
January 1, 2009
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...
January 1, 2009
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...
January 1, 2009
Unmanned, Persistent ISR
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...
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