ATM ModernizationInput/Output: UAVs and the Regulatory Gap Unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) are a force to be reckoned with--not just by enemy troops. So despite its reservations, FAA is beginning to act. At a UAV event just before the Paris…
ATM ModernizationLPV or RNP: Which Way for Business Aviation Thales recently won an FAA award for up to 300 ILS systems, to be installed between 2007 and 2013. Many will replace older equipment, but at least 100 systems will provide precision…
ATM ModernizationNew Products Data Loader AIM recently introduced its EasyLOAD-615A, which allows avionics developers and engineers to perform target data loader operations over the communications ports on the company's avionics full-duplex Ethernet switch (AFDX)/ARINC 664…
MilitaryThe Hardware in Software Radio Link 16, like many other U.S. military radio frequency (RF) applications, is being integrated into the software-defined radio architecture developed by the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) program. This tactical data link…
ATM ModernizationInput/Output: Another Look at JPDO As travelers prepare for a summer of holding patterns and flight delays, what would they think of the scenario, 20 years from now, if nothing is done to modernize air traffic management…
ATM ModernizationNew Products Accelerometer Jewell Instruments, Manchester, N.H., has released a new series of compact accelerometers. The LSM accelerometers are approximately 1-inch (2.5-cm) cubes that can be used in radar leveling, fire control and autopilot…
ATM ModernizationPeople Jeffrey Dodson BAE Systems has appointed Jeffrey Dodson its vice president of security for its Information & Electronic Systems Integration sector in Nashua, N.H. He will be responsible for security operations, sensitive…
Business & GAPerspectives: Software Specs: The Next Step Software is taking on larger, more complex aviation tasks and is playing an increasingly larger role in aviation safety. Its development also is evolving. Software developers need updated materials to help them…