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April 2-5 Avionics Maintenance Conference 2007 Annual Meeting, Hyatt Regency, Phoenix. Visit www.arinc.com/amc. 23-26 Communication, Navigation, Surveillance/Air Traffic Management Conference, sponsored by Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA) and Electronic Systems…

Business & GA

Multilateration: Radar’s Replacement?

Multilateration sounds like something you did in high school math, but have long since forgotten. But no, you didn’t, and no, you haven’t. Multilateration, or MLat, is the latest thing coming down…

Business & GA

ADS-B in the Gulf

While not renowned for its speed in implementing programs, FAA is working quickly to replace the nation’s aging, radar-based air traffic control system with one based on Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B). Helicopter…

Business & GA

Wide Bodies, Big Screens

The new generation of widebody, long-range aircraft, including the Boeing 777 and the superjumbo Airbus A380, is spurring a new generation of in-flight entertainment (IFE) systems designed to offer more options for…

Business & GA

Product Focus: Antennas

New antenna and broadband technologies are bringing new capabilities and new scope to in-flight communications and entertainment systems. Business travel used to mean putting some tasks on hold while in flight. Such…

Business & GA

New Products

Umbilical Contract W. L. Gore & Associates won a contract to provide its Umbilical Assemblies for the A-10 Precision Engagement Kit by Lockheed Martin. This is the second contract awarded to Gore…

Business & GA

Perspectives: Security and the Separation Kernel

Historically, avionics systems have largely been designed to fit a single application need, such as an attitude indicator or central warning system. The software-intense designs of today’s avionics systems are quite a…

Commercial

Empire Aero Center to Install Virgin America’s IFE

Virgin America, a new San Francisco-based start-up airline, selected Empire Aero Center of Rome, N.Y., to install Panasonic Avionics' in-flight entertainment systems on the airline's Airbus A320 family aircraft. Virgin America has…