Editor's Note

Editor's Note: Software Security

I've been talking to software engineers a lot lately, and what they’re talking a lot about is software security. With the progression to network-centric operations underway in the U.S. military, and with…

ATM Modernization

Industry Scan

ATC Investment Dims Outlook The pace of air traffic control (ATC) modernization represents one of the risk factors compromising an otherwise rosy outlook for the U.S. aerospace industry, says the Aerospace Industries…

Editor's Note

People

Ron Hainsworth Cabin entertainment company Flight Display Systems, Alpharetta, Ga., named Ron Hainsworth regional sales manager of its new Wichita, Kan., sales office. Hainsworth came to Flight Display Systems from Bizjet International,…

Editor's Note

Calendar

February 5-7 Wakenet Europe Workshop 2007, Eurocontrol headquarters, Haren, Brussels. Contact Wakenet at http://wakenet-europe.eurocontrol.fr. 6-7 Commercial Space Conference — Competing in a Global Market, Sheraton Crystal City Hotel, Arlington, Va. Contact FAA…

Commercial

Integrated Modular Avionics: Less is More

The Integrated Modular Avionics (IMA) concept, which replaces numerous separate processors and line replaceable units (LRU) with fewer, more centralized processing units, is promising significant weight reduction and maintenance savings in the…

Business & GA

Arrowhead’s Vision Enhancement

Nothing can wreck the plans of a pilot skimming the earth at 120 knots in pitch darkness like an unseen power line. Except maybe an insurgent with a rocket propelled grenade or…

Business & GA

Broadband Rolls Out

The overall adoption of high-speed, or broadband, Internet service is growing. According to a Pew study, 42 percent of Americans had broadband at home in March 2006, up 40 percent from the…

Business & GA

Product Focus: Lighting Technology

New approaches in cockpit lighting design and technology are benefiting both pilots and designers. From a design perspective, computer aided design (CAD) software is helping cockpit lighting come into its own, yielding…