Commercial Safety in Avionics: Flying in the Face of a 'Sensible Risk' It is significant when pilots express their lack of confidence in the safety of an airplane. Yet some pilots have done so. In the wake…
ATM Modernization ADS-B Progress and the Proposed Rule Two steps forward and one step back. That’s the pace for many technologies and appears to be the story for automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B), as…
Commercial Editor's Note: A Fateful First Assignment In this issue of Avionics Magazine, we introduce a new contributing editor, Harry Kraemer. He is an instructor pilot with turbine experience and instrument and…
Business & GA Standby Flight Instruments: Helpful or Hazardous? Accident investigators at Canada’s Transportation Safety Board have issued an aviation safety advisory to international aviation authorities and aircraft operators concerning standby flight instruments. While…
Military The Emerging World of JTRS This spring, possibly this month, the U.S. armed forces will enter uncharted territory. If all goes as planned, the Army will award the first chunk…
ATM Modernization People ITCN Inc.: New Officials ITCN Inc., manufacturer of test equipment and software development tools for embedded systems, recently announced two promotions and three new officials.…