http://www.aviationtoday.com Aviation Today en-us 2013 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:46:08 EDT The RTCA and EUROCAE have released new software certification guidelines that are already having an impact on new designs in the United States and Europe. The venerable DO-178B/ED-12B has been updated and released as a series of seven documents which include the core DO-178C and a set of companion documents... http://www.aviationtoday.com/av/issue/columns/perspectives/Perspectives-Cooperation-Key-to-DO-178-Update_77971.html Sat, 1 Dec 2012 0:00:00 EST Until recently, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) were strictly used for military and defense applications, but that is quickly changing. The FAA re-authorization bill paves the way for UAVs to fly into new territory our commercial U.S. airspace. While this legislation brings about some apprehensiveness among... http://www.aviationtoday.com/av/issue/columns/perspectives/UAVs-Flying-in-the-NAS_76847.html Wed, 1 Aug 2012 0:00:00 EDT As traffic levels in civil aviation continue to increase, the possibility of keeping up with capacity in Air Traffic Management (ATM) by simply applying “more of the same” is faltering. The antidote, automation, is frequently cited as yet another source of accidents. The Human Factors Research... http://www.aviationtoday.com/av/issue/columns/perspectives/Perspectives-ATM-Automation_73159.html Sun, 1 May 2011 0:00:00 EDT Achieving the benefits of NextGen will require that users equip with avionics supporting NextGen capabilities — avionics for ADS-B, data communications and Required Navigation Performance. On the commercial carrier front, the willingness to equip will be driven by the ability to close a business case... http://www.aviationtoday.com/av/issue/columns/perspectives/Perspectives-The-Business-Case_71270.html Mon, 1 Nov 2010 0:00:00 EDT Some readers may not be clear about the significant role Air Traffic Flow Management (ATFM) will play in virtually all aspects of the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen). However, as I think about how the current system operates, both in the United States and around the world, I see the... http://www.aviationtoday.com/av/issue/columns/perspectives/Perspectives-Flow-Management_70942.html Fri, 1 Oct 2010 0:00:00 EDT High-tech systems that allow you to hover blind won’t be coming to your helicopter anytime soon. Meanwhile, our critical need remains a few more seconds of good references and a few dozen more yards of visibility before touchdown. Like that old Lynyrd Skynyrd song about escaping a gun-wielding... http://www.aviationtoday.com/av/issue/columns/perspectives/Perspectives-Poor-Mans-Radar_70312.html Sun, 1 Aug 2010 0:00:00 EDT The Perspectives column, “Finding No Fault,” by Ken Anderson (Avionics, February 2010, page 38) was informative and factual regarding the high cost of No Fault Found (NFF) electronics within the aviation industry. All electrical connectors are subject to corrosion; even gold-plated connectors are... http://www.aviationtoday.com/av/issue/columns/perspectives/Perspectives-Corrosion-Prevention_68791.html Thu, 1 Jul 2010 0:00:00 EDT Following are excerpts of the keynote address by FAA Administrator J. Randolph Babbitt at the 2010 RTCA Spring Symposium, “Bringing NextGen Into Focus,” which was co-produced by Avionics Magazine, April 6 in Washington, D.C. Right out of the gate, I’ve got to tell you that “Bringing... http://www.aviationtoday.com/av/issue/columns/perspectives/Perspectives-Cooperation_67773.html Sat, 1 May 2010 0:00:00 EDT As the United States fleet of military aircraft age, the maintenance of aircraft electronic Line Replaceable Units (LRU) and Weapons Replaceable Assemblies (WRA) poses an ever increasing challenge. Much of the challenge is related to intermittent faults that occur because of aging wiring and connections... http://www.aviationtoday.com/av/issue/columns/perspectives/Perspectives-Finding-No-Fault_65812.html Mon, 1 Feb 2010 0:00:00 EST FAA, Eurocontrol, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and others, with the assistance of companies such as FedEx and Lufthansa, are developing the Aeronautical Information Exchange Model (AIXM), a standard designed to enable the management and... http://www.aviationtoday.com/av/issue/columns/perspectives/Perspectives-Advancing-AIXM_36170.html Sun, 1 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EDT