Business & GA

Editor’s Note: Hold the Cell Phones?

The prospect of in-flight cell phone communications seems to be growing more likely. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) set the wheels in motion in 2004 by proposing to withdraw its ban…

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Europe's Vision of Future Avionics

At A Glance: As part of a wider issue focusing on the future Overall ATM/communications, navigation and surveillance (CNS) Target Architecture (OATA), Eurocontrol has released an avionics study targeting three time frames:…

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Setting a Course: Beyond GPS

At A Glance: This article surveys non-U.S. satellite-based navigation systems being developed or modified--Europe's Galileo, Japan's JRANS and QZSS, and Russia's GLONASS--as well as GPS. Satellite navigation, once felt to be an…

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Broadband to the Bizjet Cabin

At A Glance: High-speed connectivity is a priority for executives. We describe broadband advances by ARINC, Rockwell Collins and Inmarsat, plus cell phone support by Honeywell and Inmarsat. Connectivity is a priority…

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Cabin Surveillance: Industry Debates the Need for Video

FAA officials are reviewing the responses to the agency's notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM), titled "Flight Deck Door Monitoring and Crew Discreet Alerting Systems." The NPRM--docket number FAA-2005-22449, amending Part 121--represents the…

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Calendar

May 16-17 VMEbus International Trade Association (VITA) Military Embedded Electronics and Computing Conference (MEECC 2006), Hyatt Regency, Long Beach, Calif. Contact VITA, phone 480-566-6355, e-mail exec@vita.com or visit www.meecc.com. 16-21 International Aerospace…

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Editor's Note: A Pause for Reflection

The effort to adapt military technology to commercial aviation in order to protect U.S. airliners from shoulder-launched, heat-seeking missiles is poised to enter its third and final phase (see story). Contracts were…

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New Products

In-Flight Entertainment Alpharetta, Ga.-based Flight Display Systems has introduced FD102ARM, a 10.2-inch widescreen liquid crystal display (LCD) for in-flight cabin entertainment. The LCD, which has split-screen and picture-in-picture functions, supports resolutions up…