Latest Articles by Jonathan Ray

ATM Modernization

New Products

Management Systems Universal Avionics Systems, Tucson, Ariz., introduced WAAS-enabled Flight Management Systems (FMS). Universal said the FMSs, known as the UNS-1Lw, UNS-1Ew, UNS-1Espw, and UNS-1Fw, will be used on business/regional jets and…

ATM Modernization

Perspectives: Support Avionics Training Program

The advancement of our national resource of properly educated and qualified aircraft and avionics technicians is imperative to our economic and military future. The National Center for Aircraft Technician Training (NCATT) in…

Business & GA

Multilateration: Radar’s Replacement?

Multilateration sounds like something you did in high school math, but have long since forgotten. But no, you didn’t, and no, you haven’t. Multilateration, or MLat, is the latest thing coming down…

Business & GA

ADS-B in the Gulf

While not renowned for its speed in implementing programs, FAA is working quickly to replace the nation’s aging, radar-based air traffic control system with one based on Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B). Helicopter…

Business & GA

Wide Bodies, Big Screens

The new generation of widebody, long-range aircraft, including the Boeing 777 and the superjumbo Airbus A380, is spurring a new generation of in-flight entertainment (IFE) systems designed to offer more options for…

Business & GA

Product Focus: Antennas

New antenna and broadband technologies are bringing new capabilities and new scope to in-flight communications and entertainment systems. Business travel used to mean putting some tasks on hold while in flight. Such…

Business & GA

New Products

Umbilical Contract W. L. Gore & Associates won a contract to provide its Umbilical Assemblies for the A-10 Precision Engagement Kit by Lockheed Martin. This is the second contract awarded to Gore…

Business & GA

Perspectives: Security and the Separation Kernel

Historically, avionics systems have largely been designed to fit a single application need, such as an attitude indicator or central warning system. The software-intense designs of today’s avionics systems are quite a…