ATM Modernization

People

EMS Aviation Appointments EMS Aviation named Clifford Topham vice president of sales and marketing. Topham most recently served in leadership positions in sales and business development for Rolls-Royce. Topham previously served as…

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Calendar

November 11-12 Joint AEEC EFB Users Forum and International Air Transport Association (IATA) EFB Task Force Meeting. Eurocontrol headquarters, Brussels, Belgium. For information, visit www.aviation-ia.com/events or call 410-266-4113. December 8 Issues in…

Military

Common Countermeasures

Rushed to combat theaters last year, laser-pointing Directed Infrared Countermeasures (DIRCM) protect U.S. helicopters from shoulder-launched missiles. The Army acknowledges the Advanced Threat Infrared Countermeasures (ATIRCM) system on a Chinook defeated a…

ATM Modernization

Closing NextGen’s ‘Business Case’

An investment group led by ITT Corp. has developed a novel funding mechanism aimed at supporting airlines in buying and installing NextGen avionics beginning in 2012. The funding mechanism, involving a mix…

Editor's Note

Field Loadable Software

Picture two PCs on a desk. They’re both from the same manufacturer; they’re the same model and on the surface they seem to be loaded with the same software. But ask your…

Commercial

Product Focus: Wire & Cable

Wire and cable for aerospace and defense applications are often seen as commodity products, and, as such, manufacturers and distributors of these products have to please a broad spectrum of customers when…

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New Products

Ethernet Switch Acra Control Inc., of Hollywood, Md., launched a ruggedized managed Grandmaster Ethernet switch designed for airborne applications. The NET/SWI/004 is a lightweight, MIL-STD-810 ruggedized Ethernet switch. It has an embedded…

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Perspectives: The Business Case

Achieving the benefits of NextGen will require that users equip with avionics supporting NextGen capabilities — avionics for ADS-B, data communications and Required Navigation Performance. On the commercial carrier front, the willingness…