Editor's NoteCalendar August 12-13 Software Risk Managment, a short course offered by the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA). Contact Engineering, Information Systems and Technical Management Short Courses, phone 310-825-3344 or visit www.uclaextension.edu/shortcourses. 16-19 AIAA…
Editor's NoteConnectors Companies Aeroflite Enterprises [email protected] Air Electro www.airelectro.com Airtechnics www.airtechnics.com American Connector Corp www.amccfl.com Ametek Aerospace www.ametek.com AMP Inc www.amp.com Amphenol Aerospace www.amphenol-aerospace.com Cadillac Cables 866-757-0997 Cleeve Technology Inc www.cleevetech.com Data Bus Products…
Business & GAEditor’s Note: How Secure? How Isolated? How isolated should pilots be while in the cockpit? Put another way, how aware should pilots be of activities in the cabin area behind them? This has been a key question ever…
Business & GAEditor’s Note: ANSPs’ Desire To Cooperate Cooperation is “not a sentiment — it is an economic necessity.” So said Charles Steinmetz, the inventor of alternating current. In that vein members of the Civil Air Navigation Services Organization (CANSO)…
ATM ModernizationLink 2000+: CPDLC System Steams Ahead While the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA’s) controller pilot data link communication (CPDLC) program in Miami cools on the proverbial back burner, Eurocontrol’s CPDLC program steams ahead with Link 2000+. Some 25…
ATM ModernizationNew Products Single-Board Computer General Micro Systems, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., has announced the Spider, which it claims to be the world’s smallest single-board computer (SBC). Measuring 2.8 by 1.9 inches (7.1 by 4.8 cm),…
Business & GAProduct Focus: ARINC 653 and RTOS If real-time operating systems (RTOS) are the heart of safety-critical, air transport avionics, then ARINC 653 is at the heart’s core. RTOS conformance to the low-level capabilities described in the specification allows…
Editor's NotePeople Wasson, Chief Technology Officer James Wasson recently was named chief technology officer for BAE Systems North America’s Platform Solutions Sector. Working out of Johnson City, N.Y., he will oversee company-funded research and…