ATM Modernization

Perspectives: Cooperation

Following are excerpts of the keynote address by FAA Administrator J. Randolph Babbitt at the 2010 RTCA Spring Symposium, “Bringing NextGen Into Focus,” which was co-produced by Avionics Magazine, April 6 in…

ATM Modernization

New Products

Portable Radio Altimeter, GPS Test Sets Aeroflex Inc., Wichita, Kan. division, introduced the ALT-8000, an RF-based portable radio altimeter flightline test set. It is a lightweight, universal test set for 4.3 GHz…

Business & GA

Product Focus: Cabin Management Systems

The transition from a first-generation product to a second-generation one usually involves some bug fixes, a tweaking of the product to offer more functionality and maybe lower cost. That’s not the case…

Business & GA

Beating Brownout

Blinding sand and dust clouds churned up by helicopter rotors still cost the U.S. armed services lives and aircraft in ongoing conflicts. Since 2002, the Army alone has lost or damaged 27…

ATM Modernization

Calendar

April 6-7 RTCA Spring Symposium, “Bringing NextGen Into Focus,” Grand Hyatt Hotel, Washington, D.C. For information, visit www.aviationtoday.com/symposium. 7-10 Aircraft Electronics Association (AEA) International Convention and Trade Show, Gaylord Palms Resort &…

Business & GA

Product Focus: Lighting

With the first generation of light-emitting diode (LED) technology proving its value on the flight deck and in the cabin, manufacturers of aircraft lighting systems are developing second-generation systems that throw off…

ATM Modernization

People

Larry Alexandre Sagem Avionics, Grand Prairie, Texas, appointed Larry Alexandre CEO. He succeeds Jean Baudin, who moved to a corporate position within Sagem. Alexandre has held a variety of leadership positions in…

ATM Modernization

Industry Scan

ADS-B Ground Station Roll-Out Progresses Toward September Milestone Half of the planned radio sites for Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) “essential” services have been built under Segment 1 of the FAA contract, which…