Editor's NoteStaco Systems Industry Leader in Human-to-Machine Interface Solutions Staco Systems is the preeminent provider of dependable, high-precision Human-to-Machine Interface (HMI) solutions that assure the performance and protection of high-value, mission-critical assets and personnel. For…
Business & GAProduct Focus: Software Airplane avionics systems are wholly dependent on software, but rarely does anyone but a software engineer wonder whether the programs that keep the plane aloft are anything but perfect in their operation.…
ATM ModernizationEditor's Note: Engineering NextGen With less outside acknowledgement than one might expect, FAA over the second quarter awarded six major contracts for engineering work supporting the Next Generation Air Transportation System. The Systems Engineering 2020 contracts…
ATM ModernizationNew Products Inertial Measurement Unit NovAtel, based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, released an addition to its GNSS/INS SPAN product family, the IMU-LCI. The IMU-LCI inertial measurement unit (IMU) contains a Northrop Grumman sensor that…
Business & GAIndustry Scan Commercial COMAC C919 Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China Ltd. (COMAC) in July signed agreements with joint ventures involving GE Aviation and Rockwell Collins to provide avionics for the new C919 family of…
Business & GAPerspectives: Poor Man’s Radar High-tech systems that allow you to hover blind won’t be coming to your helicopter anytime soon. Meanwhile, our critical need remains a few more seconds of good references and a few dozen…
Business & GANetJets to Equip with Aircell Internet System Fractional aircraft ownership company NetJets will equip more than 250 of its midsize and large-cabin aircraft with High-Speed Internet Systems from Aircell, the companies announced Thursday. Installations begin this month. Aircell said…
ATM ModernizationThales Awarded Croatian ATM Contracts Thales said Friday it has signed two contracts to supply and install primary and secondary radar systems at airports in Croatia. Under terms of the contracts, which were signed in May and…