Military

‘Such A Capable Helmet’

Stealthy, supersonic and sensor-rich, the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, or Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), will engage air and ground targets day or night. Key to using the F-35 in combat is…

Embedded Avionics

Move Over, VME

Standards-based aviation computing took off with VME (Versa Module Eurocard) when the military switched from mil-spec to commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) processors. But this ubiquitous parallel bus technology has reached a speed limit.…

ATM Modernization

Product Focus: Data Comm

Data communications is a key transformational program within FAA’s NextGen effort. To meet future demands and avoid gridlock in the sky and at airports, the agency’s NextGen Data Communications Program is designed…

Commercial

Perspectives: Corrosion Prevention

The Perspectives column, “Finding No Fault,” by Ken Anderson (Avionics, February 2010, page 38) was informative and factual regarding the high cost of No Fault Found (NFF) electronics within the aviation industry.…

Commercial

Lufthansa Systems Names New CEO

Lufthansa Systems named Stefan Hansen its new CEO, succeeding Wolfgang F. W. Gohde, who has left the company, the company announced Thursday. Hansen has been with Lufthansa Systems since 1999, most recently heading…

Commercial

Euro Hawk UAS Completes First Flight

The Euro Hawk unmanned aircraft system (UAS), an international configuration of the RQ-4 Global Hawk built by Northrop Grumman and EADS Defence & Security, completed its first flight June 29. It took…

ATM Modernization

Metron, Booz Allen Hamilton in FAA Contracts

FAA awarded more than $1 billion in NextGen contracts to Metron Aviation, of Dulles, Va., and Booz Allen Hamilton, of McLean, Va., the last two awarded under the System Engineering 2020 (SE-2020) program. Under…

Embedded Avionics

Boeing to Acquire Argon ST

Boeing will spend $775 million to acquire Argon ST, of Fairfax, Va., a developer of command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) and combat systems. "Combining the strength of Boeing with…