Business & GA

Reducing 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 Modernization

Scan

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 Modernization

Calendar

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 info@rtca.org or visit www.rtca.org. 17-18 30th Annual FAA Aviation Forecast Conference, Washington…

Business & GA

Agusta Westland’s EH101

Search and rescue (SAR) crewmen are a special breed. So are their aircraft. Consider, for example, the U.S. Coast Guard crewmen who won the 2004 Rotor & Wing magazine Heroism Award. Over…

ATM Modernization

Calendar

February 21-23 UV (Unmanned Vehicle) Asia-Pacific 2005, The Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore. Contact Shephard Group, phone +44 (0) 1628 604311 or visit www.shephard.co.uk/events. 23-25 Random Vibration and Shock Testing, a short course held…

ATM Modernization

Editor's Note: Stretching The Dollar

Just how far can a dollar be stretched? Two initiatives announced late last year may well provide the answer. Both are significant to civil aviation. And both initiatives will require a large…

ATM Modernization

Military/Civil Interoperability

Since the U.S. Air Force (USAF) and Navy began equipping aircraft to meet military safety mandates and civil air traffic management (ATM) requirements in the late 1990s, they have focused primarily on…

Business & GA

Product Focus: Moving Maps New Connections

These tools are moving rapidly toward the networked environment, as developers explore integration with traffic alert collision avoidance systems and military data links. The concept behind a moving map is simple. It's…