CommercialProduct Focus: Data Acquisition Changes to flight data safety systems typically come about slowly. They are the product of lengthy deliberations by regulatory and standards making bodies and industry. Even the data from the “black boxes”…
CommercialADS-B Equipage It has been said that those of us who fly within the United States enjoy what is certainly the safest and most accessible airspace system in the world. At the same time,…
Embedded AvionicsRafale in Combat Only a few European manufacturers produce and develop high-tech fighter aircraft. The Eurofighter and the Rafale are the final contenders selected by the Indian air force in the 125+ aircraft purchase program…
ATM ModernizationNew Products Network Access Controller Data Device Corp. (DDC), of Bohemia, N.Y., unveiled a new version of its FC-75XXX fibre channel network access controller to support High-Speed 1760. The FC-75211M2 is a two-channel Fibre…
ATM ModernizationCivil UAS Integration Unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) have proven their utility in military theaters in a variety of applications, and they hold the same potential for civilian operations. Government and private-sector interest in using unmanned…
CommercialNext Generation Tanker After a long and controversial bidding and contract process, Boeing won the long-awaited U.S. Air Force (USAF) KC-46A aerial refueling tanker contract, bringing with it a long list of avionics suppliers to…
ATM ModernizationPeople Kimberly Murdoch ACSS, a L-3 Communications and Thales joint venture company based in Phoenix, named Kimberly Murdoch vice president of operations. Murdoch will be responsible for overseeing various operations departments at ACSS,…
ATM ModernizationEditor’s Note: An Introduction It is with great excitement and pride that I introduce myself as the new editor-in-chief of Avionics Magazine. My name (hopefully) is not unfamiliar to our readership as I have been the…