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January 1, 2008
Cover Story: Outlook 2008: Growth Continues
Industry fortunes can be fickle. Airlines once again are profitable. Airframers are experiencing record orders and healthy backlogs. Enabling technologies for safer, more precise and efficient operations are being implemented in Europe, Asia and North...
January 1, 2008
New Products
Certification Guidance A new book, "Avionics Certification: The Complete Guide to DO-178," endeavors to guide readers through the avionics certification process. The authors are Vance Hilderman, who spent 25 years designing aerospace systems, and...
January 1, 2008
Aviationtoday.com: Integrating Iridium
It’s a truism among military commanders and corporate managers alike: better technology doesn’t necessarily lead to victory. Rather, victory goes to those who use technology better. Likewise, air operators are seeking better performance from...
December 1, 2007
Industry Scan
ATO Head Krakowski Vows To Be NextGen ‘Advocate’ The new head of FAA’s Air Traffic Organization (ATO) vowed to be "the strongest, most effective public advocate" for a NextGen modernization program facing long-term funding...
December 1, 2007
People
Williamson, Morgan The Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium (NCOIC), a not-for-profit international association, named retired Rear Adm. Robert C. Williamson, U.S. Navy, its chairperson for the next year. He succeeds retired Lt. Gen. Harry D...
December 1, 2007
Calendar
December 6-7 Airborne Early Warning and Battle Management Conference, One Whitehall Place, London. Visit www.iqpc.co.uk. 2008 February 19-24 Singapore Air Show, Changi Exhibition Center, Singapore. Contact (65) 6542 8660 or...
December 1, 2007
Engineering Pipeline Under Pressure
Avionics companies are preparing for what could be an engineering talent crunch in the coming years, as baby boomers retire and demand for qualified personnel jumps. Continuing conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, coupled with the robust business aviation...
December 1, 2007
Commercial: Technology Lightens Aviation’s ‘Footprint’
Record temperatures, melting glaciers and a score of increasingly dire scientific reports are sparking worldwide concern about climate change. And governments and industries are feeling the heat. The growing importance of the "green" issue was...
December 1, 2007
New Products
Airborne Telecom TrueNorth Avionics, Ottawa, Canada, said its "Simphone Chorus" airborne telecommunications system won FAA supplemental type certification (STC) for initial installation on a Global Express business jet. TrueNorth said the system has...
December 1, 2007
Perspectives: Finding, Hiring Avionics Talent
Demand has grown dramatically for cutting edge technology in avionics, from generating new systems to updating and modernizing existing systems. Considering that just a few years ago the avionics sector was relatively dormant, this demand represents a major...
November 1, 2007
Industry Scan
Honeywell Demonstrates Corporate Aircraft RNP As if on rails, the Honeywell Gulfstream G450 shot several curving, Required Navigation Performance (RNP) approaches to Runway 5 at Morristown Municipal Airport, N.J., each time carving the same ground track in a...
November 1, 2007
People
Roger Wolfe DeCrane Aerospace, Columbus, Ohio, named Roger Wolfe chief executive officer, replacing retiring CEO Dick Kaplan. Wolfe was hired by DeCrane Aerospace following his departure from Landmark Aviation, where he led the company through successful FBO...
November 1, 2007
Calendar
November 6-8 Naverus Required Navigation Performance (RNP) User Conference, Seattle. Contact smelcher@naverus.com for information. 10-11 Aviation Nation 2007, Nellis AFB-Las Vegas Air Show. Contact 702-506-2065 or visit www.aviationnation.org. 11-15 10th...
November 1, 2007
New Products
Pitot Probes SpaceAge Control, Palmdale, Calif., released its 4207 pitot and pitot-static probes, designed specifically for the unique needs of small- and mid-sized aircraft. The 4207 probes have low power requirements, small size and low mass...
November 1, 2007
Aviationtoday.com: Helicopter Finance
As the helicopter market enjoys unprecedented prosperity and purchasers contend with order backlogs that can stretch back for months, if not years, the actual "value" of a rotorcraft becomes crucial — and more difficult to pin down. In turn...
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