ATM Modernization

Perspectives: Software Radio Certification Issues

A convergence of technology trends will change the operational and design characteristics of modern radios, increasing certification challenges. First is software defined radio (SDR), which allows much of what was done on…

ATM Modernization

Safety: Weather Radar: A Cautionary Tale

This is a tale of the best avionics in the world being used incorrectly and therefore ineffectively. The story concerns weather radar and begins with the object lesson: All of the flight…

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Scan

NASA Demos Enhanced and Synthetic Vision NASA recently demonstrated BAE Systems' enhanced vision system (EVS) technology on a head-up display (HUD) in the agency's B757 test bed aircraft. BAE showed the ability…

Commercial

Standards to Tie Fiber Optics Together

Optical fiber will have a bright future in military aviation. It offers high bandwidth, light weight and immunity from electromagnetic interference. It was deployed on the AV-8B decades ago, it's used on…

Military

Unique Display: Putting OZ to the Test

In October 2003 Avionics Magazine reported on OZ, a revolutionary flight instrument display concept developed at the University of West Florida's (UWF's) Institute for Human and Machine Cognition at Pensacola. Since our…

Commercial

United Airlines: Reinventing Support Services

Only now emerging from a bankruptcy filing three years ago, the world's second-largest airline--United Airlines--is betting that one element of its strategy for future prosperity will be a successful avionics troubleshooting and…

Commercial

B787 Cockpit: Boeing’s Bold Move

It is the most integrated, most supplier-based cockpit, using the largest display system and the most open architecture of any commercial aircraft developed by Boeing. The B787 flight deck also represents a…

ATM Modernization

Calendar

November 14-15 Contractor Logistics Support-The Expanded Role of the Contractor, The Hatton,London. Contact SMi, +44 870 9090 711 or visit www.smi-online.co.uk. 14-17 Project Management Principles and Practice, a course sponsored by UCLA…

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Product Focus: Conformal Antennas: Sharing the Load

Air vehicle and radar designers aspire to the union of form and function: antennas that perform both structural and sensing roles. Such technology could revolutionize battlefield intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), enabling…