CommercialEditor's Note: An Ongoing Rivalry The Airbus-vs.-Boeing rivalry appears to be the ongoing prime focus at major air shows. It is a bit reminiscent of the Ford-vs.-Chevy dispute long debated by young American car lovers until Japanese…
CommercialPart 1: EFBs: Shifting Into High Gear Whether they are simple laptops or fully installed and certified devices, computers for pilot reference and calculations appear destined to enter aircraft cockpits. What follows are recent developments that support the inevitability…
ATM ModernizationNew Products Single-Board Computer A new commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) single-board computer (SBC) has been introduced by Vista Controls, a Curtiss-Wright company. The VCP P3A was designed to provide fast access to large amounts of data.…
Business & GAPerspectives: ADS-B at Embry-Riddle Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University logs 100,000 flight training hours each year at its Daytona Beach, Fla., campus and 50,000 at its Prescott, Ariz., campus. For the nation’s leading aviation educator, safety has always…
CommercialProduct Focus: Automatic Test Equipment: Next Generation Boeing’s ATS 182 automatic test equipment (ATE) – designed to use in acceptance testing and troubleshooting Boeing-built avionics systems on B737 Classic and next-generation (NG) aircraft, 747s, 757s and 767s–is running out…
CommercialSafety: On Camera: Inside and Outside The cameras are coming. In the not-too-distant future transport category aircraft might well be equipped with closed circuit television (CCTV) systems to cover both interior spaces and the aircraft’s exterior, as the…
ATM ModernizationScan EFB for a BBJ Jet Aviation recently designed, certified and installed an electronic flight bag (EFB) with accompanying articulating arm and power supply in a Boeing Business Jet (BBJ). Jet Aviation Engineering…
Editor's NotePeople IS&S: Ptakowski, President Innovative Solutions & Support Inc., Exton, Pa., has appointed Roman Ptakowski president. He comes to IS&S from B/E Aerospace Inc., where he was group vice president and general manager.…