Editor's Note

System Design: Frugal Testing For Interference

RECENTLY, SOME FRIENDS SENT ME AN SOS e-mail about interference that was being detected from a little automotive microprocessor device they had been shipping for years with no problems. They couldn’t detect…

ATM Modernization

A Strong Pulse in ATM

Air traffic management (ATM) may not be the fastest growing industry, but activities at ATC Maastricht 2004, Europe's premier ATM exhibition and conference, indicate that it is on a sound footing and…

Editor's Note

Calendar

April 26-27 3rd Annual Airborne Strike Conference, The Hatton, London. Contact SMi Conferences Ltd., phone +44 2078 276 192 or visit www.smiconferences.co.uk. 26-29 55th Annual Avionics Maintenance Conference, Centre Sheraton, Montreal, Canada.…

ATM Modernization

Editor's Note: U.S. Following Europe's Lead?

Has Europe overtaken the United States in air traffic management (ATM) modernization? If it hasn't, many believe it soon will. At recent aviation-related events in the Washington, D.C., area, considerable consternation was…

Editor's Note

Products

Single-Board Computer Radstone Technology has introduced the PPC8A, a PowerXpress single-board computer intended for "sheltered" defense and aerospace applications. The PPC8A offers a compatible processor upgrade, Motorola's 1-GHz, reduced-core-voltage 7447 PowerPC processor.…

ATM Modernization

People

New Officials John Belcher has been named chairman of ARINC Inc., succeeding James Pierce, who announced his retirement in January. Belcher formerly was the company's president and chief executive officer (CEO). He…

ATM Modernization

Looming Crisis, Plea for Action

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is at a crossroads-and the future of U.S. aviation hangs in the balance. Last month President George W. Bush delivered to Congress a proposed Fiscal Year 2005…

Business & GA

Product Focus: Say Hello to FRED

Data in flight recorders is stored in crash-protected memory. But when a recorder is recovered from an accident scene, it can take weeks to decipher what the data means-to translate it into…