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New Products

Snythetic + Enhanced Vision Kollsman plans to introduce an Enhanced Synthetic Vision System (ESViS) product, combining infrared (IR) inputs and database-derived terrain imagery, as early as 2007. The idea is to provide…

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Avionics Outlook 2006: Rising Expectations

Optimism--ranging from cautious to near euphoric, depending on the market sector--is blossoming in the civil aviation marketplace. Despite escalating oil prices, ongoing instability in the Middle East, and a slight slowdown in…

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People

Roy Robertson The Airline Avionics Institute (AAI) has awarded the 2005 Volare Award in Avionics Manufacturer to Roy Robertson, principal systems engineer at Rockwell Collins, for his work on the WXR-2100 multiscan…

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Perspectives: Software Radio: The Bright Side

Readers of Avionics Magazine are aware of the challenges posed by software defined radio (SDR)--especially the wideband, frequency-agile variety envisioned by military researchers. If not carefully handled, it could make life more…

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Q&A: Jake Hinchman

Automated Refueling of UAVs If unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) are to become contenders for manned aircraft roles, they need to be refuelable by air. The Automated Aerial Refueling project, an advanced technology…

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Safety: Safety-Proofing Software Certification

The nose pitch-up led to an emergency airworthiness directive (AD), but the tale is far from over and gets to the heart of software certification. The Aug. 1 case involves a Malaysian…

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Scan

Another Step for ADS-B ACSS, an L-3 Communications and Thales company, and UPS Aviation have partnered to develop an automatic dependent surveillance system-broadcast (ADS-B) package designed to assure the safe separation of…

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Product Focus: Tracking MEMS In Navigation Systems

Rugged, reliable and affordable micromachines are moving into prime-time avionics applications in unmanned air vehicles and precision-guided munitions. Tiny micro electromechanical systems, or MEMS, are no longer the stuff of fiction. The…

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Calendar

January 18-20 ION National Technical Meeting 2006, the Hyatt Regency Monterey, Monterey, Calif. Contact Institute of Navigation, phone 703-383-9688 or visit www.ion.org. 23-25 System Engineering for Project Managers, a short course offered…

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Avionics Development: Playing by the New Rules

In the prehistoric days of avionics manufacturing--say, 10 years ago--suppliers worked under a build-to-print model. Airframe manufacturers such as Boeing, Airbus and Bombardier gave them a system control document that spelled out…