Commercial

Mexico Rolls Out Radio Communications System

Mexican aviation authority SENEAM and ARINC deployed a high-capacity VDLM2 data link system in Central Mexico near the Mexico City Airport to support the communications needs of its airline customers. The VDLM2…

Military

Growler Completes EW Test

The Boeing EA-18G Growler, the next generation of U.S. Navy electronic warfare aircraft, completed its first live test — an airborne electronic attack mission. ARINC, which helped evaluate the aircraft’s electronic warfare…

Military

New Sensors are Force Multipliers

The global war on terrorism, shoulder-fired rockets and threats the military hasn’t even thought of yet are in part helping drive advances in sensor technologies. Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin and BAE…

ATM Modernization

Europe Moves on Datalink

The day when pilots and air traffic controllers in Europe can bid farewell to routine voice messaging — for sector handovers, ATC clearances and the like — is coming closer as datalink…

ATM Modernization

A Single Solution To ADS-B?

The move by FAA to "performance-based" contracting, where the end product is the certifiable goal, and the means to reach it is not rigidly specified, has both advantages and disadvantages. The advantages…

Business & GA

Electronic Flight Bags: Applications Abound

As Electronic Flight Bags (EFBs) have gained acceptance as valued flight deck components, the range of applications they host is proliferating. From their early utility of displaying reference documents such as aircraft…

ATM Modernization

New Products

Management Systems Universal Avionics Systems, Tucson, Ariz., introduced WAAS-enabled Flight Management Systems (FMS). Universal said the FMSs, known as the UNS-1Lw, UNS-1Ew, UNS-1Espw, and UNS-1Fw, will be used on business/regional jets and…

ATM Modernization

Perspectives: Support Avionics Training Program

The advancement of our national resource of properly educated and qualified aircraft and avionics technicians is imperative to our economic and military future. The National Center for Aircraft Technician Training (NCATT) in…