Editor's Note

Calendar

October 7-9 56th Annual NBAA, Orlando/Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Fla. Contact the National Business Aviation Association, phone 202-737-4484, fax 202-478-6885 or e-mail dhanson@nbaa.org. 12-16 NASA Digital Avionics Systems Conference, The Crowne…

Business & GA

Editor’s Note: When Aircraft Take Over

Honeywell caused a stir recently when it announced its development of a system that would automatically take control of an aircraft if the pilots fail, or refuse, to prevent a crash. Called…

ATM Modernization

Feedback

Remember Cat III GPS? Referring to your story in the April issue (page 39), it’s nice to hear that MLS (microwave landing system) is taking off. I always knew it would. I…

ATM Modernization

The Issues Orbiting Galileo

Years after it was first proposed, Europe’s Galileo satellite navigation system finally is moving toward launch. The European Union (EU) and the European Space Agency (ESA) this year jointly funded Galileo’s development…

Business & GA

Q&A: ARINC’s Advance Into the Business Market

Just about everybody knows that ARINC helps establish avionics standards and provides services to air transport users. Less well known are the company’s services to business aviation–even though more than 2,000 corporate…

Business & GA

New Products

Dual-Band Antennas Two new dual-band antennas, the ComDat Cl 480-1 and 490-1, are now offered by Comant Industries, Santa Fe Springs, Calif. The ComDat Cl 480-1 is an active antenna that operates…

ATM Modernization

People

Aircraft Electronics Association: Award Winners Barry Aylward, co-owner of Kitchener Aero, in Breslau, Ontario, and Mid-Canada Mod Center, in Toronto, has been named the Aircraft Electronics Association’s (AEA’s) Member of the Year.…

Business & GA

Collision Avoidance Squared

One goal of systems integration is to save precious real estate in the cockpit. Aviation Communication & Surveillance Systems (ACSS), a company jointly owned by L-3 Communications and Thales, has done its…