ATM ModernizationAirframer Advances Surveillance Techniques While ADS-B is the latest catch phrase in air-traffic management, it is not all that new. Many airliners flying throughout Europe already have some Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) capabilities, and official certification…
CommercialQ&A: Thales Partners, Acquires, Expands As senior vice president, aerospace, for the Thales Group, Francois Quentin heads one of six divisions of the growing, $16 billion aerospace, defense and security concern based in Neuilly-sur-Seine, outside Paris. A…
Business & GAProduct Focus: Embedded Software Focused On Code ‘Correctness,’ Security Increasingly software-intensive, avionics stand to benefit from an emphasis on code verification of software used in embedded systems and the emergence of more robust systems that run flight-critical and other applications. Today,…
ATM ModernizationNew Products UAV Radios FreeWave Technologies, Boulder, Colo., released its MM2 900 MHz radio, described as the highest performing wireless spread spectrum radio with the industry’s smallest form factor. FreeWave said the radio is…
CommercialContinental Selects eX2 Panasonic Avionics, Lake Forest, Calif., said Continental Airlines selected its eX2 in-flight entertainment (IFE) system for its 787aircraft slated to be delivered in 2009. Panasonic said the 787 eX2 system will closely…
MilitaryBoeing Tests UAV Boeing said it successfully flew its A160T Hummingbird unmanned rotorcraft in September for eight hours while carrying a 1,000-pound payload. During its longest flight to date and the program's 42nd flight overall,…
CommercialEditor’s Note: 13 Unlucky Hours Having logged a fair number of air miles for business and pleasure over the past four decades, I’ve by and large managed to avoid the kinds of airport fiascoes you see on…
ATM ModernizationIndustry Scan Flight-Control Technology Drives UAV Airspace Integration A leading developer of navigation and flight-control systems for UAVs sees technology driving the integration of manned and unmanned aircraft in civilian airspace ever closer. Within…