ATM ModernizationPeople ARINC Inc.: New Officials As a result of a reorganization effort, ARINC Inc. recently announced two promotions and an appointment. The former Avionics & Simulation Maintenance Engineering (ASME) department, which was in…
Business & GAProduct Focus: Avionics Switches At first glance, lighted pushbutton switches so critical to aircraft operation appear not to have changed much over the years. But if you open the cap or look at the body, it…
CommercialSafety in Avionics: Swissair's All-Out War Against Fire No airline has suffered more from the ravages of in-flight fire than Swissair. No airline is doing more than Swissair to ensure that it does not happen again. Only Swissair pilots will…
ATM ModernizationIndustry Scan The Market According to Collins Rockwell Collins is now a public company, independent of its previous owner, Rockwell International. On June 29, 183 million shares of common stock were made available for…
MilitaryUAVIONICS: A Global View As far back as in the 18th century, airborne vehicles were used for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR). That remains true of many airborne vehicles today. But unlike the balloons flown more…
CommercialA380: 'More Electric' Aircraft For years engineers have dreamed of an all-electric aircraft. They have envisioned a concept called "power-by-wire," in which electrical power moves aircraft flight surfaces. Gone would be the complex, heavy, maintenance-intensive, and…
CommercialAvionics System Design: Huh? What Did He Say? On a recent flight to the bustling metropolis of Nelson, British Columbia (population 8,120), I witnessed airborne communications in the general aviation world. Too bad I didn’t pack my secret decoder ring…
CommercialEditor's Note: A Tale of Two Airports With deference to Charles Dickens, we present in this issue an aerospace version of his A Tale of Two Cities. Actually, we feature two airports, which serve cities with much in common.…
ATM ModernizationFeedback Fighting Fire with Foam David Evans’ "Safety in Avionics" column in the June 2001 issue (page 78), titled "Time to Stop Fuel Tank Explosions" reminded me of an article I read many…
ATM ModernizationFree Flight: So Far, So Good Several years ago at an air traffic control (ATC) conference, a Boeing representative included in his presentation a slide that showed the transition from the crowded, delay-stricken skies of that time to…