ATM Modernization People Ixthos: Patterson, VP Operations Lynn Patterson was appointed as vice president of operations for Ixthos Inc., a DY4 company. She has worked for Ixthos for…
Military Product Focus: 1553, Still a Key Standard How is Mil-Std-1553 viewed by the primary user of the avionics bus? For an answer, Avionics Magazine interviews Bill Wilson, an avionics architecture technical expert…
Business & GA Safety in Avionics: The Risk of Resetting Circuit Breakers The single most "proliferated" item of the electrical system in a modern cockpit is the circuit breaker. Sometimes known as circuit protection devices (CPDs), a…
ATM Modernization Industry Scan Eclipse Aviation Chooses Avidyne, BAE Systems Eclipse Aviation has chosen Avidyne and BAE Systems Aircraft Controls Inc. to supply the standard avionics in its new…
ATM Modernization Editor's Note: The Father of Free Flight William B. (Bill) Cotton has flown many types of airplanes. He flew for United Airlines right up to his retirement, when on Aug. 28 he…
Business & GA Avionics System Design: How Parts and Systems Age Aircraft have very long operational lifespans. Most provide greater than 20 years of usable, high cycle service life. I have worked on plenty of aircraft…
Business & GA Safety in Avionics: EMI: A Serial Killer? The airspace over the Atlantic Ocean immediately east of New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport is sort of a "Bermuda triangle" of electromagnetic interference…
Business & GA EGPWS: Look What It Can Do Now It’s more than 30 years old, and yet it keeps evolving, gaining new capabilities. Ground proximity warning system (GPWS) technology has come a long way…