ATM ModernizationPerspectives: Combining Safety, Security Certifications Today's digital aircraft are large distributed computing systems. Each of these nodes is certified to perform its functions safely. To date, there is no formal mandate for FAA to include security issues…
ATM ModernizationQ&A: Closing Network Gaps The Quint Networking Technology (QNT) program under the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) plans to take network centric operations to the next level. Although the agency considers the effort to…
Business & GAHelmet Mounted Displays: Adding Night Vision Day/night helmet mounted displays promise breakthrough abilities for night fighting in the areas of head comfort and safety, cockpit organization and situational awareness. Two manufacturers and two projects are leading the way…
ATM ModernizationQ&A: Lessons Learned From Las Vegas Performance-based area navigation (RNAV) procedures allow more efficient and cost-effective use of the National Airspace System (NAS) by freeing aircraft from dependence on ground-based navaids. But these improvements don't come into being…
ATM ModernizationNew Products Flight Displays, Digital Map System Barco of Kortrijk, Belgium has announced a line of flight and mission displays, the CHDD-2000 family. The company also has partnered with EuroAvionics of Hausen, Germany, to…
Business & GAPeople Jim Smisek Jim Smisek is the new certification director and Designated Alteration Station (DAS) administrator for S-TEC Corp., a digital autopilot and flight control systems provider in Mineral Wells, Texas. He is…
ATM ModernizationPerspectives: Joint Symposium, AEEC Evolution For the second year running, Avionics Magazine and AEEC (the Airlines Electronic Engineering Committee) will co-host a symposium to highlight topics that are likely to require standardization in the coming years. This…
Business & GAProduct Focus: SAR Antennas: Increased Abilities, Smaller Size Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) simulates the performance of a larger aperture radar to create high-resolution, photograph-quality images. But now, thanks to more compact antennas, miniaturized digital and radio frequency (RF) electronics, and…