Business & GA Product Focus: Connectors: Saga Continues In our August 2004 issue we reported that the saga surrounding the establishment of a fiber optic connector standard "has reached a climatic decision point." It has. But the saga continues. And…
ATM Modernization Eclipse 500: Implications of Integration for VLJs It's interesting--indeed, paradoxical--that while some members of the aviation industry will, during the next 12 months, be celebrating the arrival of glass cockpits in the coming very light jets, or VLJs, other…
Business & GA Editor's Note: Avionics Syndrome: An EFB Inhibitor? If an electrical device is operated in the cockpit, it must be complex, certified and expensive, right? Well, not necessarily. And the inability to think beyond that bias probably has inhibited the…
Commercial Getting a Handle on COTS Obsolescence In the mid-1990s the U.S. military began to use more commercial off-the-shelf, or COTS, products. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) hoped that COTS would slash the cost and reduce the time…
ATM Modernization The Complexities of Civil CounterMANPADS At a recent aviation security conference, exhibitors displayed a wide range of new technologies aimed at preventing weapons and explosives from being taken or placed aboard civil aircraft. From air-sampling and X-ray,…
Business & GA Product Focus: COTS Operating Systems: Boarding the Boeing 787 Real-time operating systems (RTOS) are the foundation software for computing systems. They manage the computers' other software programs and orchestrate these programs' requests for services. And they must be robust enough to…
Business & GA Editor's Note: Repair Station Controversy In our repair station outlook we refer to a "dynamic" market facing changes and challenges. What we don't mention is the controversy the repair station industry currently faces. In the United States…
Commercial Europe Europe FAA lists more than 1,300 repair stations throughout the world. Unable to list all of the repair stations, we nevertheless include some of the key providers of avionics and instrument support.…