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 ModernizationPeople Vaughn, Chairman Novatel Inc., based in Calgary, Canada, has announced the appointment of David Vaughn as chairman of the board of directors. Vaughn served as Novatel's president and chief executive officer from…
Business & GAPerspectives: Standards For UAV Access To The NAS While a key mission of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) is to promote the capabilities of its membership, AUVSI also is wrestling with thorny regulatory issues regarding the operation…
ATM ModernizationSafety: Pink Slips And Brown Herrings A new advisory circular, AC 120-80, on in-flight fires rates a pink slip, according to Capt. Ken Adams. A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) examiner gives a pink slip to a pilot who…
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