Business & GAEditor’s Note: Introducing 3D Audio The military research establishment over the years has developed technologies that have made a difference in the civilian world. Just think of GPS. The laboratories still pursue potentially dual-use innovations, as we…
ATM ModernizationNew Products Flight Training Montreal-based Mechtronix has received FAA and Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) certification for its Ascent full flight trainer for the ATR 42-300. Ascent was the first of several flight training devices…
ATM ModernizationPeople Kaplan, DeCrane Richard "Dick" Kaplan is the new chief executive officer of DeCrane Aircraft Holdings, Columbus, Ohio, succeeding former CEO Jack DeCrane, who died on Dec. 29, 2005, following complications from lung…
CommercialEditor’s Note: Militarizing FOQA An article in this month's issue discusses a subject familiar to readers of Avionics Magazine--but from a very different perspective. We describe the U.S. Department of the Navy's plans to adapt a…
ATM ModernizationGround-Based Augmentation At A Glance: The U.S. military's ground-based augmentation system (GBAS) program, dubbed Joint Precision Approach and Landing System, or JPALS, is designed for installation on ships, as well as at ground facilities,…
Business & GAMilitary FOQA Next Step in Safety At A Glance: Long a staple of commercial aviation, flight operations quality assurance is coming to the military, too, as the Pentagon presses for heightened safety and readiness. We focus on the…
MilitaryProduct Focus: What’s New in 1553? Mil-Std-1553 remains a dynamic area of avionics, and the technology continues to evolve, embracing packaging and software innovations, faster processors and local area networks, as well as reaching toward truly high-speed implementations.…
ATM ModernizationNew Products Web-Based Flight Tracking ADS and Satamatics, UK and U.S. satcom companies, have launched a low-overhead flight following and messaging service called SAT 111. Based on Inmarsat's satellite network, SAT 111 is being…