Military JPALS: Not Just LAAS in Navy Uniform When the U.S. Department of Defense opted for the Joint Precision Approach and Landing System (JPALS) in the mid-90s, most observers understood that this would be the military’s version of the GPS-based…
ATM Modernization New Products AMLCD Display BarcoView recently introduced a new, 12-by-9-inch (30.5-by-22.8-cm) active matrix liquid crystal display. The color, landscape display, designated the MFD-12.9/1, is sunlight readable and includes modular open system architecture and built-in…
ATM Modernization People Eclipse Aviation Corp: Burtis, Vice President Eclipse Aviation Corp. has promoted Don Burtis from director of avionics and electronics to vice president of avionics and electronics, in charge of systems development for…
Business & GA Safety in Avionics: When the Average Isn't Good Enough If the eye is the window of _the soul (to borrow Leonardo da Vinci’s famous declaration), then an airplane’s flight data recorder (FDR) is the window into what happened in an accident.…
ATM Modernization Industry Scan Displays for GA Avidyne Corp., Lincoln, Mass., recently introduced an integrated flight deck for general aviation (GA) aircraft and has agreements to provide the system for installation, initially, on four aircraft types.…
Business & GA Thales Avionics' Francois Quentin Based in France, Thales Avionics is the world’s third-largest avionics specialist. In 2001 it produced more than 1.1 billion Euros in revenue, almost 11 percent of the parent company’s sales. Thales has…
Commercial Pilot Report: The Simplified World of CDS/R As electromechanical instruments rapidly become a part of aviation history and electronic flight instrument systems (EFIS) are pushed to their limits, newer flat panel displays are emerging as mainstays in corporate aircraft…
Business & GA Product Focus: Cabin Displays: The Upgrade Market Corporate operators want the latest cockpit displays. But they devote equal attention to the cabin, their home in the sky. Liquid crystal displays (LCDs) are becoming larger and thinner–not just bulkhead displays,…