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Business & GA

Product Focus: PXI Coming Of Age

Small test cards based on the PCI bus technology used in desktop computers emerged six years ago. But the PXI (PCI eXtensions for Instrumentation) standard caught on slowly in the military/aerospace market.…

ATM Modernization

Scan

Thales on Watchkeeper The UK's Ministry of Defence (MoD) recently selected a Thales UK-led team for the next phase of the acquisition cycle for its Watchkeeper unmanned air vehicle (UAV) program. The…

Military

B737 Joins the Navy

The U.S. Navy's new Multimission Maritime Aircraft (MMA), a modified Boeing 737-800, is touted as a significantly enhanced mission platform, compared with the venerable P-3C it will replace. Prime contractor Boeing and…

ATM Modernization

ADS-B’s Global Advance

Earlier this year, in Anchorage, Alaska, a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)-sponsored international conference on advanced aviation technologies heard speakers from the United States, Australia, Sweden and Russia. They described advancements under way…

Business & GA

Cabin Security

On Oct. 27, 2003, the UK Department for Transport (DfT) clarified its directive that all UK airlines install a means of visually monitoring the area outside of the flight deck. In a…

Editor's Note

Calendar

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 Note

Connectors

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 & GA

Editor’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…