CommercialPerspectives: 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,…
ATM ModernizationNew Products Systems Update Heim Data Systems Inc., a Belmar, N.J.-based supplier of data acquisition, record and replay equipment, has updated its GSR recorders/reproducers and D series recorders to support the IRIG106, Chapter 10,…
ATM ModernizationPeople Zhang, Asian Sales Manager Condor Engineering has expanded its presence in Asian markets by naming Sarah Zhang the sales manager for the region. She represents Condor in countries such as China, Singapore,…
MilitaryPolicy Controlled Radio: Making Room in the Spectrum Today new wireless technologies struggle for bandwidth. The spectrum is crowded with incumbents, some of whom have paid huge sums to operate in their bands. Communications companies reportedly have spent $20 billion…
Business & GAReducing Mode Errors Through Design Technology has allowed avionics manufacturers to build more features into smaller pieces of equipment. While this enables sophisticated systems for smaller aircraft, it raises the level of interface complexity and increases the…
ATM ModernizationScan Marking the B747 FAA has certified STG Aerospace's SafTGlo photoluminescent (PL) floorpath marking system for the Boeing 747-400. It's the first FAA certification of a PL system on a multideck aircraft. Visit…
ATM ModernizationCalendar March 15-16 RTCA Symposium 2005, Washington D.C., Convention Center. Contact Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics (RTCA) Inc., phone 202-833-9339, e-mail [email protected] or visit www.rtca.org. 17-18 30th Annual FAA Aviation Forecast Conference, Washington…
ATM ModernizationEditor's Note: Security in the Balance Are we more secure today than we were before 9/11? That question set the tone for a daylong symposium, titled "Post 9/11 Security Impacts on Air Traffic Control and Aviation," held Jan.…