ATM Modernization New Products RVR Sensor Vaisala has introduced a new sensor for runway visual range (RVR) applications, the FS11. It uses forward scatter technology, which measures the attenuation…
Business & GA Avionics System Design: Antennas and Feedlines All aircraft start out looking sleek and graceful. Then comes the avionics department, and their sleekness diminishes because every surface seems to have an antenna…
Commercial Editor's Note: Boeing –– Misunderstood? Everyone knows Boeing manufactures airplanes. Many know, as well, that for the sake of diversification, it also provides other products and services, from satellites to…
ATM Modernization Feedback What’s Good for the Military… In your "Safety in Avionics" column, I read about the fact that vapors may have been ignited by wires in…
Commercial Communications Gate-to-Gate Few pilots, when preparing for a flight from, say, the west coast to the east coast with a brief overnight stop midway, would overlook testing…
ATM Modernization Avionics Aftermarket Services: A Buyer's Market New airplane sales are down and opera-tors are focusing laser-like on the bottom line. Bent on reducing costs, airlines want to shift inventory expense and…