Business & GA

New Products

Sales Representation AD Aerospace, of Cheshire, U.K., appointed Millennium Aviation Consulting (MAC) as its representatives for Latin America. MAC will promote AD Aerospace’s FlightVu range of aerospace video safety and security systems…

Business & GA

Product Focus: Switches

Many of the small bits and pieces in the avionics world don’t change much from year to year. That’s true of a lot of technologies. But every decade or so comes a…

Military

Unmanned, Persistent ISR

The market for unmanned aircraft used in intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions could reach $44.5 billion in the next decade General Atomics’ RQ-1 Predator first flew as an Advanced Concept Technology Demonstrator…

Commercial

Product Focus: Databus Technology

Just a year ago, it appeared that aircraft databus technology was poised to break into the 200 Mbps range, multiplying traditional data communications rates by 100-fold or more. Initial tests were promising,…

ATM Modernization

People

Donald Hazelwood QinetiQ North America, of McLean, Va., named Donald Hazelwood (right) vice president of Unmanned Systems at its Systems Engineering Group. Formerly project manager of the U.S. Army’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems…

ATM Modernization

Industry Scan

Navigation System Supplier Aims To Make WAAS More Available, Affordable The new owners of FreeFlight Systems, based in Waco, Texas, are dedicated to the proposition that satellite navigation from a cost perspective…

Commercial

Editor’s Note: Working Together

In a previous column, I remarked on some of the different aircraft I’ve been fortunate enough to fly aboard as an aviation journalist. Another perk of this job is the opportunity to…

ATM Modernization

Calendar

December 2-3 5th Annual FAA International Aviation Safety Forum, Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, D.C. Contact FAA, phone 202-267-3781 or visit www.faa.gov. 2009 February 11-12 National Business Aviation Association Asian Business Aviation Conference…