Business & GA

Product Focus: Lighting

With light-emitting diode (LED) technology for cockpit and cabin lighting now the norm for all new-production applications, lighting suppliers are working to develop higher-power LEDs that are brighter and to improve processing…

Business & GA

Opportunity Knocks

Amidst the doom and gloom of the global financial meltdown, there are discernible signs of movement, at least within the avionics industry. In the stagnant economy we’ve inherited from Wall Street, companies…

ATM Modernization

Industry Scan

Commercial Boeing Restructures Boeing in December announced a restructuring within its Commercial Airplanes division, combining production and development programs, including the 787 Dreamliner and 747-8, under a new Airplane Programs organization and…

Editor's Note

People

Joseph Little Flight Display Systems, of Alpharetta, Ga., named Joseph Little (right) vice president of research and development. Little has more than 20 years of experience in electronics product engineering and design.…

Editor's Note

Calendar

February 11-12 Asian Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (ABACE), Hong Kong International Airport, Hong Kong, China. Visit www.abace.aero. 11-15 Aero India 2009, Air Force Station Yelahanka, Bengaluru, India. Visit www.aeroindia.in. 22-24 Heli-Expo…

Business & GA

Avionics Focus Is Helo Safety

More than anything else, safety concerns are pushing developments and purchases in helicopter avionics as the commercial rotorcraft world focuses attention on slashing accident rates, especially among emergency medical service operators. To…

ATM Modernization

Avionics Driving Efficiency Gains

Buffeted by a volatile fuel market, financial meltdown and economic downturn, the world’s airlines are navigating through some very challenging conditions. After climbing back from six successive years of losses to post…

Business & GA

Product Focus: Connectors

With the introduction of high-speed data communications for the cockpit and the continuing evolution of advanced in-flight entertainment systems in the cabin, avionics connector manufacturers and standards-setting bodies working to define specifications…