CommercialGetting a Handle on COTS Obsolescence In the mid-1990s the U.S. military began to use more commercial off-the-shelf, or COTS, products. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) hoped that COTS would slash the cost and reduce the time…
ATM ModernizationThe Complexities of Civil CounterMANPADS At a recent aviation security conference, exhibitors displayed a wide range of new technologies aimed at preventing weapons and explosives from being taken or placed aboard civil aircraft. From air-sampling and X-ray,…
Business & GAProduct Focus: COTS Operating Systems: Boarding the Boeing 787 Real-time operating systems (RTOS) are the foundation software for computing systems. They manage the computers' other software programs and orchestrate these programs' requests for services. And they must be robust enough to…
Business & GAEditor's Note: Repair Station Controversy In our repair station outlook we refer to a "dynamic" market facing changes and challenges. What we don't mention is the controversy the repair station industry currently faces. In the United States…
CommercialEurope Europe FAA lists more than 1,300 repair stations throughout the world. Unable to list all of the repair stations, we nevertheless include some of the key providers of avionics and instrument support.…
ATM ModernizationNew Products Software Tool Set Racal Instruments Inc. has announced newWave, a tool set to help implement and use the new Signal Definition Standard, IEEE 1641. It allows signal definition exports into ATML, C++…
CommercialNorth and Latin America FAA lists more than 1,300 repair stations throughout the world. Unable to list all of the repair stations, we nevertheless include some of the key providers of avionics and instrument support. We…
Business & GAPeople McMillan, President Michael McMillan has been named president of Meggitt/S-TEC, Mineral Wells, Texas. The 30-year aviation veteran served most recently as a founding vice president with Piaggio America. Before that he spent…