http://www.aviationtoday.com Aviation Today en-us 2013 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:50:59 EDT Digital taxi, touchscreen, augmented reality, voice recognition and wrap-around cockpits are just a few of the new cockpit avionics technologies in which companies are investing their research and development dollars. Much of the development is in the areas of communication, navigation and surveillance to... http://www.aviationtoday.com/av/issue/feature/Touch-the-Future_79253.html Sat, 1 Jun 2013 0:00:00 EDT Duncan Aviation upgraded the cockpit of a Bombardier Challenger 601-3A for Aircraft Management Solutions, a Portland, Ore.-based aircraft management company. Upgrades included Honeywell dual NZ-2000 Flight Management system (FMS) and others.Choosing the right avionics for a business aircraft is only part of... http://www.aviationtoday.com/av/issue/feature/The-Right-Solution_79257.html Sat, 1 Jun 2013 0:00:00 EDT  Unlike the U.S.airlines, the U.S. military is still flying and supporting aircraft with avionics systems whose technological heyday is long past. These systems — as well as those of more recent vintage — require constant monitoring to ensure they stay up and running. And, when problems... http://www.aviationtoday.com/av/issue/feature/Military-Maintenance-Meeting-the-Challenge_79258.html Sat, 1 Jun 2013 0:00:00 EDT The market for in-flight entertainment and connectivity (IFEC) is making rapid changes, just as the connectivity systems are on the ground. Increasingly, customers are relying more on their own devices, including tablet computers, laptops and smartphones. But according to Thales In-Flight Entertainment and... http://www.aviationtoday.com/av/issue/feature/Q-and-A-Thales-In-Flight-Entertainment-and-Connectivity_79259.html Sat, 1 Jun 2013 0:00:00 EDT Companies providing support systems, such as data and video buses and connectors, are under pressure to address the shifting technology needs for new and older aircraft. Industry demands for greater bandwidth and size, weight and power (SWaP) use reductions, for example, are sparking the growth of advanced... http://www.aviationtoday.com/av/issue/feature/Product-Focus-Databus-and-Connector-Technologies_79260.html Sat, 1 Jun 2013 0:00:00 EDT Airborne Servers Kontron launched the next-generation of its ACE Flight 600 general purpose airborne servers product line. The company said the ACE Flight 600 is specifically designed to meet advanced communication application requirements for Ethernet-based network installations on both linefit and retrofit... http://www.aviationtoday.com/av/issue/feature/New-Products_79262.html Sat, 1 Jun 2013 0:00:00 EDT  Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner is a complex design and massive engineering task that few people can truly appreciate. Not only is it an advanced composite structure aircraft with a loaded take-off weight of a half million pounds, but it was created in the light of modern fuel costs. It lists for at... http://www.aviationtoday.com/av/issue/feature/System-Design-Fixing-the-787s-Batteries_79265.html Sat, 1 Jun 2013 0:00:00 EDT Rob Higby StandardAero appointed Rob Higby vice president, sales and marketing for its Airlines & Fleets (A&F) business. Higby will lead StandardAero’s A&F sales efforts on CFM56, CF34, PW100, PT6, PW600, AE3007 and a range of APU platforms. Most recently, he was vice president, worldwide... http://www.aviationtoday.com/av/issue/feature/People_79277.html Sat, 1 Jun 2013 0:00:00 EDT   Will FAA close 149 air traffic control towers? Considering the number of last-minute sequestration decisions that have occurred over the last six months, your guess is as good as mine. Sequestration took effect in March, removing about $637 million from FAA’s 2013 budget, which will force the... http://www.aviationtoday.com/av/issue/feature/Sequestered-Airspace_79068.html Wed, 1 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT Wide Area Persistent Surveillance (WAPS) systems that image city-size fields of view and instantly search through terabytes of data are moving from combat deployments to commercial services. Vigilant Stare team members Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) headquartered in Sparks, Nev., and ITT Exelis in McLean, Va.... http://www.aviationtoday.com/av/issue/feature/Persistence-On-Patrol_79069.html Wed, 1 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT