ATM ModernizationLink 2000+: CPDLC System Steams Ahead While the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA’s) controller pilot data link communication (CPDLC) program in Miami cools on the proverbial back burner, Eurocontrol’s CPDLC program steams ahead with Link 2000+. Some 25…
ATM ModernizationNew Products Single-Board Computer General Micro Systems, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., has announced the Spider, which it claims to be the world’s smallest single-board computer (SBC). Measuring 2.8 by 1.9 inches (7.1 by 4.8 cm),…
Business & GAProduct Focus: ARINC 653 and RTOS If real-time operating systems (RTOS) are the heart of safety-critical, air transport avionics, then ARINC 653 is at the heart’s core. RTOS conformance to the low-level capabilities described in the specification allows…
Editor's NotePeople Wasson, Chief Technology Officer James Wasson recently was named chief technology officer for BAE Systems North America’s Platform Solutions Sector. Working out of Johnson City, N.Y., he will oversee company-funded research and…
CommercialPerspectives: Avionics Technician Certification Standards From the smallest ultra-light and sport aircraft to the big jumbos hauling hundreds of souls across the ocean, all modern aircraft increasingly integrate avionics throughout. But the avionics technician is effectively an…
Business & GAPTAN’s Potential Imagine a fully autonomous navigation aid that doesn’t require a signal from either a ground transmitter or satellite constellation. It would virtually eliminate any worry of jamming or other type of signal…
Business & GASafety: Mapping Hidden Heat An approach similar to dropping sonobuoys in the water to find a lurking submarine might be taken to locate hidden fires in the inaccessible spaces of an airplane. This approach did not…
ATM ModernizationScan ADS-B Down Under With a contract issued and the elimination of all en route radar set as a goal, Airservices Australia marches ahead in establishing a nationwide automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) system.…