Editor's Note

Product Focus: Lighting

The use of light emitting diode (LED) technology on commercial and business aircraft is becoming more the norm than the exception. LEDs can be used to illuminate everything from airline logos on…

Editor's Note

New Products

Radar Display USB Interfaces Ballard Technology, of Everett, Wash., introduced the USB 708, a line of portable avionics interfaces that enable computers to communicate with ARINC 708 and similar weather radar display…

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Editor’s Note: Cost Conundrum

When JetBlue Airways and FAA announced their partnership to equip JetBlue A320s for ADS-B Out capability, subsidized by $4.2 million in federal dollars, the reporters in the peanut gallery wanted to know…

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Industry Scan

COMMERCIAL SESAR Validation The public-private entity charged with developing the Single European Sky vision will conduct 29 validation projects in Europe this year with the aim of introducing “pre-industrial” procedures, policies and…

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People

Don Embt CSSI, an engineering, IT and applied research company based in Washington, D.C., promoted Don Embt to program manager for the company’s System Engineering 2020 (SE2020) contract. Embt has more than…

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Calendar

April 5-7 Aircraft Interiors Expo, Hamburg Messe, Hamburg, Germany. For information, phone +44 (0)208 271 2174 or visit www.aircraftinteriorsexpo.com. 11-14 Navy League Sea-Air-Space Exposition, Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, National Harbor,…

Commercial

FedEx Delivers Maintenance

Cargo carrier FedEx Express operates a fleet of hundreds of aircraft across a global network, employs thousands of pilots and maintenance professionals and is responsible for making sure packages arrive safely and…

Military

Kilo Cockpit

The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) considers the Marine Corps CH-53K Heavy Lift Replacement helicopter a derivative of the hard-flown CH-53E in operation today. In fact, new avionics, engines, transmission, structures, rotor…