Business & GAInput/Output: Data Link Messages: To Record or Not? FAA's plan to require the onboard recording of data link messages is raising the blood pressure of an industry in shock from rising oil prices and the persistent aftereffects of 9/11. The…
MilitaryMUOS: Milsatcom’s Cutting Edge Imagine a U.S. Air Force or Navy pilot flying his newly minted F-35 in combat. He needs to communicate immediately on several levels to accomplish his mission: talk to the tactical center,…
Business & GANew Products Sleeving Waytek, Chanhassen, Minn., has released its braided polyester yarn, expandable sleeving for bundling wires and protecting hoses. The sleeving, which comes in standard and heavy wall versions, slips over tubes or…
CommercialPeople Jean-Michel Comtois CMC Electronics Inc.'s military aviation business unit has named Jean-Michel Comtois vice president. He has been with the company since 2000 and served as the vice president of government and…
Business & GAPerspectives: An Ounce Of Prevention Obsolescence problems continue to increase ownership costs, affecting the avionics systems and the test equipment used by military and civil operators, as well as their suppliers. It was a frequent topic of…
ATM ModernizationProduct Focus: Proposed Recorder Rules: Raising Flags The boxes that hold the data used to decipher aircraft accidents would have to change under newly proposed flight recorder rules. Key elements of the plan issued Feb. 28 include: longer voice…
ATM ModernizationQ&A: Mike Hewitt: Business Jets Flying with FANS On May 24, 2004, the first business jet using future air navigation system (FANS) technology crossed the Atlantic and communicated with air traffic controllers via digital messaging. The aircraft was a Boeing…
CommercialSafety: Perils of Single-Point Failures This is an example of a single-point failure that could have been prevented in design. The case involves a de Havilland DHC-8 that was on a passenger flight from Horn Island to…