MilitaryEditor’s Note: System of Systems Network centric warfare is hard to get your arms around. There’s a lot happening out there, and living the life of a middle-aged urban professional doesn’t often expose you to the intricacies…
Business & GAQ&A: AMC And The Evolution of Avionics Maintenance 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…
Business & GAProduct Focus: Displays 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…
CommercialExplaining ARINC 818 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…
MilitaryTeeth of the Growler 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…
ATM ModernizationEurope’s Green Pursuit 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…
CommercialGoodrich to Acquire TEAC Aerospace 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…
CommercialCAE Signs $53 Million in Contracts CAE, based in Montreal, signed contracts to design and manufacture four full-flight simulators (FFS) and associated training devices with Lufthansa Flight Training and Xiamen Airlines. The total value of the contracts is…
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