ATM Modernization
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Software Tool Set Racal Instruments Inc. has announced newWave, a tool set to help implement and use the new Signal Definition Standard, IEEE 1641. It allows signal definition exports into ATML, C++…
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Commercial
North and Latin America
FAA lists more than 1,300 repair stations throughout the world. Unable to list all of the repair stations, we nevertheless include some of the key providers of avionics and instrument support. We…
Business & GA
People
McMillan, President Michael McMillan has been named president of Meggitt/S-TEC, Mineral Wells, Texas. The 30-year aviation veteran served most recently as a founding vice president with Piaggio America. Before that he spent…
Commercial
Perspectives: Reusable Software in Integrated Avionics
The advent of reusable software components (RSC), coupled with the emergence of integrated modular avionics (IMA), represents a new way to do business. We recently saw the certification of the first RSC,…
Business & GA
Repair Stations: Growth and New Challenges
That the repair station business is growing should be no surprise, given the rise in aircraft use in both the air transport and corporate aviation sectors. But the repair station business, while…
ATM Modernization
Reusable Software Components: Will They Save Time and Money?
A little heralded document issued by FAA in December 2004 describes how software developers and avionics manufacturers can obtain limited approval of software components that can be reused in many other aircraft…
Business & GA
Scan
STASYS Acquisition Lockheed Martin Corp. has completed the acquisition of UK-based STASYS Ltd. The firm, which specializes in network communications and defense interoperability, will bring to Lockheed Martin its experience in tactical…
Military
Airborne Radar That Tracks Missiles
Existing airborne radars can detect and track moving ground vehicles and aircraft. Now the U.S. Air Force is developing the first airborne surveillance radar capable of detecting and tracking low-flying cruise missiles.…