Axel Mueller, general manager with Lufthansa Technik in Tulsa, Okla., serves as chairman of the Avionics Maintenance Conference (AMC), an air-transport organization sponsored by the ARINC Industry Activities division. During his two…
Consumer electronic influences and technological advances associated with the latest aircraft model types are spurring new display technologies in the cockpit. However, these advances, including 15-inch-displays and touch-screen technology, come with their…
The ARINC 818 "Avionics Digital Video Bus" standard was released in January 2007. Even before its official release, major programs by both Airbus (A400M military transport) and Boeing (787 Dreamliner) adopted the…
Building airborne electronic attack (AEA) capability into the U.S. Navy’s F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter/attack aircraft posed packaging and integration challenges for prime contractor Boeing and AEA subsystem integrator Northrop Grumman. Compared to…
A Scandinavian Airline System (SAS) Boeing 737 descends noiselessly to the threshold of Arlanda Airport at Stockholm, Sweden, having just completed a descent with engines at idle or nearly so. This is…
Universal Appointments Universal Avionics, Tucson, Ariz., made several management moves, including the appointment of a chief operating officer (COO). Paul DeHerrera (right), who most recently was vice president of marketing and product…
First-Quarter Report: Osprey Delivers The Goods in Iraq The first MV-22 Osprey tiltrotors assigned for operational duty in Iraq arrived in country last October. The following report, based on the first…
Goodrich Corp., Charlotte, N.C., will pay an undisclosed sum to buy TEAC Aerospace Holdings, the companies said Friday. TEAC, based in Monterey Park, Calif., manufactures proprietary airborne mission data, video recording and…