ATM Modernization

Perspectives: Software Radio Certification Issues

A convergence of technology trends will change the operational and design characteristics of modern radios, increasing certification challenges. First is software defined radio (SDR), which allows much of what was done on…

ATM Modernization

Safety: Weather Radar: A Cautionary Tale

This is a tale of the best avionics in the world being used incorrectly and therefore ineffectively. The story concerns weather radar and begins with the object lesson: All of the flight…

ATM Modernization

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NASA Demos Enhanced and Synthetic Vision NASA recently demonstrated BAE Systems' enhanced vision system (EVS) technology on a head-up display (HUD) in the agency's B757 test bed aircraft. BAE showed the ability…

Commercial

Standards to Tie Fiber Optics Together

Optical fiber will have a bright future in military aviation. It offers high bandwidth, light weight and immunity from electromagnetic interference. It was deployed on the AV-8B decades ago, it's used on…

Military

Unique Display: Putting OZ to the Test

In October 2003 Avionics Magazine reported on OZ, a revolutionary flight instrument display concept developed at the University of West Florida's (UWF's) Institute for Human and Machine Cognition at Pensacola. Since our…

Commercial

Safety: Single Warning For Two Problems

From available accounts, a scenario suggests itself for the Aug. 14 crash of the Helios Airways B737-300 near Athens: the aircraft was never fully pressurized to begin with. Why it wasn't fully…

ATM Modernization

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Joint STARS Upgrade Northrop Grumman Integrated Systems recently completed the Block 20 upgrades to the E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) aircraft, all of which are assigned to the…