Military

Military: Airborne, Networked Radio

As the U.S. military moved out of the shadows of the Cold War and into the global war on terror, it became apparent that new tactics and technologies would be needed to…

Business & GA

Q&A: Achieving NextGen: RTCA’s Vision

Organized in 1935 as the Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics, RTCA develops consensus-based recommendations that are used by FAA as the basis for policy, program and regulatory decisions. The private, not-for-profit corporation…

Business & GA

Product Focus: Connectors

Customers’ ever-present demands of more, cheaper, lighter and faster are prompting a wave of high-density interconnect devices, particularly in the commercial and military aviation sectors. Aviation connector companies say faster, lighter options…

ATM Modernization

New Products

Software Upgrade Avidyne, Lincoln, Mass., released a software upgrade for its EX500 multifunction displays (MFD). The company said the software expands the range of XM WX Satellite Weather data displayed and simplifies…

Commercial

Editor’s Note: An Epic Transition

By the time you read this, progress toward the Next Generation Air Transportation System will be at or near some significant waypoints. The multiagency Joint Planning and Development Office (JPDO) facilitating NextGen…

ATM Modernization

Industry Scan

Analyses: FAA, JPDO Challenged To Achieve NextGen FAA and the Joint Planning and Development Office (JPDO) planning the Next Generation Air Transportation System face challenges of funding, program management and coordination across…

Business & GA

Eurocontrol Focuses on WAM

Eurocontrol announced a plan Thursday to promote broader awareness of Wide Area Multilateration (WAM) to provide technical and financial benefits to airspace users. WAM, a technique in which several ground receiving stations…

Military

CPI Wins E-3 Contract

CPI Aerostructures, Edgewood, N.Y., won a $500,000 contract to provide the U.S. Air Force with electrical panel assemblies for the E-3 Airborne Early Warning aircraft’s GPS system. The company said work will…