ATM Modernization

Perspective: FMS Standards

Area navigation, or RNAV, is one of the cornerstones of the future air traffic system as envisaged by both the FAA and the Joint Program Development Office's Next Generation Air Transportation System…

Business & GA

New Products

Cabin Communications Newport News, Va.-based International Communications Group (ICG) has introduced its AeroCom 1100, a cabin telecommunications unit that supplies a package of automated telephone, fax and data services for small and…

Business & GA

Editor's Note: E-Loran Time?

The need for a backup to GPS as a source of position, navigation and timing (PNT) information has been obvious for years. GPS is key to critical infrastructures and is deeply embedded…

Business & GA

Advertiser Index

Aero Instruments Aeroflex Plainview Aeroflite Enterprises (714) 773-4251 Aerospace Optics Inc. AIM Astronautics Corp. of America Aviation Instrument Services Avtech Corp. Ballard Technology Dayton-Granger Data Device Corp. Deutsch ECS EMTEQ Inc. Excalibur…

ATM Modernization

Safety: Slippery Swaps

Initially unnoticed by the flightcrew or air traffic control (ATC), an El Al B747–412 (4X–ELS), with 455 persons on board, slipped well below the ILS glideslope (G/S), while on finals to Heathrow…

ATM Modernization

Q&A: Bizjet Market’s Avionics Concerns

Corporate aviation, with its deep-pocketed customers and premium on flexibility, has always been a catalyst for innovation in avionics – from cockpit displays to in–flight entertainment to connectivity tools. Operators at the…

Editor's Note

Calendar

October 10-12 Airlines Electronic Engineering Committee (AEEC) General Session, Hilton, Montreal, Canada. AEEC, phone 410-266-2982 or visit www.arinc.com/aeec. 17-19 NBAA Annual Meeting & Convention, Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Fla. NBAA, phone…