Editor's NoteNew Products Korry Switch Korry Electronics has reduced the delivery time in half for its 5/8-inch LED-illuminated 389 Quick Switch, now available in five working days. Korry, a subsidiary of Esterline Technologies Corp. based…
CommercialPerspectives: Time for Change How does that old saying go? The only thing that stays constant is change. This is true in commercial avionics, where we have seen a steady progression from analog to digital components.…
Business & GABoeing Resumes A160 Tests Boeing touted the successful resumption of test flights of its A160 Hummingbird unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), saying the rotorcraft proved its “versatility through a rigorous flight test program.” Boeing resumed test operations…
MilitaryNorthrop Wins USAF Contract The U.S. Air Force awarded a contract for $99.5 million to Linthicum Heights, Md.-based Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems to provide fire control radar systems to Pakistan. Northrop Grumman will provide 54 radar…
Editor's NoteApple Teams with Airlines Apple Computers is teaming up with six airlines to provide integration between its iPod music player and in-flight entertainment systems. Starting in mid-2007, Apple, Cupertino, Calif., said Air France, Continental, Delta Airlines,…
Business & GAEditor'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 & GAAdvertiser 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 ModernizationSafety: 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…
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