Business & GA

Integrated Avionics: Plug & Play

The cursor control devices, pull-down menus and point-and-click controls in today's bizjet cockpits remind us of PCs. Under the hood, in a corporate-owned airplane's processing cabinets, the similarities persist, with integrated architectures…

ATM Modernization

New Products

TopDeck Expands Thales Avionics is positioning its TopDeck integrated avionics suite for the helicopter market. Built around an advanced glass cockpit, the latest TopDeck package meets all civil and military helicopter requirements…

ATM Modernization

Scan

New Take on TV The in-flight entertainment (IFE) manufacturer, Flight Display Systems (FDS), has set out to bring airborne television to the business aviation masses, including to aircraft that lack the large…

ATM Modernization

People

New Officers BAE Systems has named Aaron Penkacik as the chief technical officer (CTO) for its Information & Electronics Systems Integration sector. Penkacik remains the CTO of the Information and Electronic Warfare…

Business & GA

Perspectives: President’s Spectrum Policy Initiative

On June 5, 2003, President Bush issued a memorandum for the heads of executive departments and agencies, establishing the Spectrum Policy Initiative. The initiative created the Spectrum Task Force, an interagency body…

Business & GA

The Race To Allow Airborne Cell Phone Use

What do many airline passengers want in a connectivity service? They want to be able to use their notebook computers and personal digital assistants (PDAs) to send and access e-mail and navigate…

ATM Modernization

New Products

From TEAC Aerospace Technologies Inc., Montebello, Calif., comes the new AirTracks In-Flight Moving Map Software and Digital Video Playback systems. The high-resolution, moving map software allows aircraft passengers to view different maps,…

ATM Modernization

People

Schmidt, Deputy Director Kevin Petersen, director of the Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC), has named Steven Schmidt as deputy director. Schmidt has been the special assistant to the NASA administrator since January…