ATM Modernization Industry Scan Thales Joins with L-3 Communications Thales Avionics and L-3 Communications signed an agreement in mid-April to form a joint venture company, to be located in…
ATM Modernization Avionics System Design: The Pitfalls of Long-Term Storage Storing and archiving design, service and production data is far trickier than it might initially appear. The original data often is computer generated, which means…
Business & GA The Pulse of the Databus Market This year looks good for avionics databus technology in the United States. Numerous products will ship in the first six months. The Mil-Std-1553 market holds…
Commercial Editor's Note: The UWB Can of Worms The issue of ultra-wide-band (UWB) technology’s possible interference with the Global Positioning System (GPS) signal has become nothing short of a can of worms. We’ve…
ATM Modernization Feedback Avionics to Kill GA? After reading your February 2001, Avionics Magazine articles on ultra-wide band (pages 20 and 28) and Aeronautical Telecommunications Network (page 16),…
Military Power-By-Wire A new electro-hydrostatic flight control and power system, intended for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), promises to revolutionize fly-by-wire technology. Calling it "power-by-wire," the Lockheed…
Military JSF Down the Wire Competition for the multiservice, multinational Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program is tightening between Boeing and Lockheed Martin. Small wonder. The JSF program is cited as…
ATM Modernization New Products MCC-2X Multi-Channel Combiner AirCell has launched new hardware that enhances air-to-ground communications by allowing two independent phone lines to use a single antenna. The MCC-2X…