ATM Modernization

People

Hardin, VP and General Manager Ametek Inc., Paoli, Pa., has promoted John Wesley Hardin to the position of vice present and general manager of its Aerospace Division. He previously was vice president…

Military

Perspective: The MOSA Approach in Defense Acquisition

In November 1994, the u.s. undersecretary of Defense for acquisition and technology charted the Open Systems Joint Task Force (OSJTF) to accelerate the acceptance and understanding of open systems for weapon systems…

Commercial

Onboard File Servers

A third, and perhaps the most significant, revision to an ARINC standard is being hammered out by the Airline Electronic Engineering Committee's (AEEC's) Aircraft Network and File Server (ANFS) subcommittee. "Security is…

Commercial

Safety: Perils of a Lone Positioning Source

A tiny but significant window into the sequence of a near-catastrophe at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, came from a passenger's naive question during a later British Mediterranean Airways flight to Beirut. By coincidence,…

ATM Modernization

Scan

U.S. Galileo Counter-Offer Worried about the impact of Europe's coming Galileo satnav system on the U.S. military's prized but not yet fielded M-Code for GPS, the U.S. government has proposed an alternative…

Commercial

Synthetic Vision: No Longer Futuristic

Little more than a decade ago, Gordon Pratt, president of Chelton Flight Systems, was asked why there were no new electronic flight instrument system (EFIS) products and why manufacturers of new-design aircraft…

Business & GA

Wireless Undeterred

Despite a number of unanswered questions regarding interference risks posed by wireless Internet access or the use of personal electronic devices (PEDs) on board aircraft (January 2004), airlines and bizjet operators are…

Business & GA

Wireless Cabin: All Issues Resolved?

The wireless aircraft cabin is already here, according to some experts. Or the technology is on course and closing fast, according to others. But key issues–including interference with cockpit electronics–remain unresolved, driving…