Editor's Note Scan Garmin-Equipped Twin Star Diamond Aircraft recently selected the Garmin G1000 integrated avionics suite for its new, diesel-powered DA42 Twin Star. The avionics system includes two…
Commercial Boeing: Integrated Avionics Takes Another Step Forward In the Boeing 777’s first major avionics upgrade since its introduction in 1995, the distinctive twin-engine widebody jet will sport a leaner, yet more capable…
Commercial Editor's Note: Missile Defense on Airliners Who would have thought it would come to this? First we have commercial airline pilots carrying guns. Now a bill in the U.S. Congress proposes…
Business & GA Charles Keegan: Point Man for U.S. Airspace Modernization Modernizing the U.S. airspace system can be challenging in the best of times. But now, funding is more constrained although air traffic growth is inevitable,…
Editor's Note Switch Evolution: Slow but Steady Cockpit switch technology moves slowly. LED (light-emitting diode) illumination, introduced more than a decade ago, has improved product reliability and reduced maintenance costs, but there…
Business & GA Real-Time Operating Systems & Hardware Support This is a big year for commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) real-time operating systems (RTOS). Green Hills Software (GHS), LynuxWorks and Wind River Systems have recently passed…