ATM ModernizationNew Products VME/VXI The Versa Module European (VME) and VME eXtension for Instrumentation (VXI) persist as trusty old standards for avionics databus equipment. VME is popular for research and development and software development, as…
ATM ModernizationSafety in Avionics: Avionics Safety, Real or Illusory Sometimes noticing a single item can lead to larger insights about electrical and avionics system safety. The case at hand involved yet another airworthiness directive (AD), issued recently, calling upon operators to…
ATM ModernizationIndustry Scan New Displays for Airbus Airbus Industrie is introducing a new, main instrument panel using liquid crystal display (LCD) technology, with certification on the A330/A340 and A320 families expected by the end of…
Business & GABroadening Weather Radar's Scope Weather radar has come a long way, showing much more today than the stormy conditions ahead. Windshear and turbulence detection is being integrated into on-board radar systems, as are terrain and traffic…
Business & GAAvionics System Design: Living with Connectors Connector choices and tooling have a rather extraordinary impact on system reliability, because all connections to and from your unit have to travel through them. As a result, designers must stay focused…
MilitaryC-5 Modernization, Step-by-Step The U.S. Air Force’s C-5 aviation modernization program (AMP) is a long-term project just getting underway, with fleet-wide installation of an advanced traffic alert and collision avoidance system (TCAS). But TCAS is…
CommercialEditor's Note: The Persistent PED Problem By now, I believe we have heard enough about the threat of personal electronic devices (PEDs) in commercial aircraft to know that we have a potential safety problem needing urgent attention. Our…
ATM ModernizationFeedback Hitting the Nail on the Head David Evans hits the nail right on the head with his discussion of on-board fires in the June 2000 issue (page 56). I thought my recent…
Business & GAFocus on Archictecture In 1998, nine companies created the Interchangeable Virtual Instruments (IVI) Foundation. The foundation’s goal, simply put, is to enable end-users to switch from one brand of test instrument within an instrument class…
ATM ModernizationPutting Stars to Use U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) air traffic controllers at the Syracuse, N.Y., Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) facility, along with their counterparts at the El Paso, Texas, TRACON, are now at the…