Business & GA

Industry Scan

   Photo courtesy Lockheed Martin Lockheed, Air Force Fix C-5M ‘Deficiencies’ The U.S. Air Force’s C-5M program has fixed some of the problems that arose during two major modernization initiatives for the…

Commercial

Managing Obsolescence

A B-52H Stratofortress takes off from Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, in 2009. The U.S. Air Force’s aging airplanes need careful tending — especially their airframes and engines. But the avionics systems…

ATM Modernization

Avionics for NextGen

Aviation industry leaders gathered in Atlantic City, N.J., in September for the Second Annual Avionics for NextGen conference, urging cooperation among industry stakeholders and action from regulatory bodies to move the massive…

Business & GA

Product Focus: Wire & Cable

Emteq’s HD video cable For wire and cable companies, the aviation industry, even in a time of economic austerity, is a key source of opportunities. Smaller, lighter and more capable cables and…

Business & GA

System Design: PED Situation on Aircraft

This topic has probably ignited more discussion among the air traveling public than lost luggage or the in-flight meal service. In our endlessly connected age, people demand to be spliced into the…

ATM Modernization

New Products

Supply Agreement Mid-Continent Instrument and Avionics, based in Wichita, Kan., signed a distribution and supply agreement with A123 Systems, of Waltham, Mass., by which Mid-Continent will offer A123’s Nanophosphate lithium-ion battery technology…

ATM Modernization

People

Robert K. Ortberg, Philip J. Jasper Robert K. Ortberg Rockwell Collins appointed Robert K. Ortberg as the company’s president. He joins Clayton M. Jones, who continues as chairman and CEO, in the…

ATM Modernization

Calendar

2013  February 12-14 ATM World Congress, IFEMA, Madrid, Spain. Visit www.worldatmcongress.org. March 4-7 Heli-Expo 2013, Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas. Visit www.heliexpo.com. 12-14 ATC Global, Amsterdam RAI Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.…