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September 13-16 Institute of Navigation (ION) Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) 2005, Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, Calif. Contact ION, phone 703-383-9688, e-mail membership@ion.org or visit www.ion.org. 13-16 Defence Systems and…

Business & GA

Editor's Note: Resolving NFF

In this issue we unearth the challenges of both isolating the root causes and conceiving solutions for no fault found (NFF) (see story), a complex problem affecting operators, maintenance facilities and original…

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Input/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…

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LPV 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…

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New 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…

Military

The 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…

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Input/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…

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New 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…