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Products

Single-Board Computer Radstone Technology has introduced the PPC8A, a PowerXpress single-board computer intended for "sheltered" defense and aerospace applications. The PPC8A offers a compatible processor upgrade, Motorola's 1-GHz, reduced-core-voltage 7447 PowerPC processor.…

ATM Modernization

People

New Officials John Belcher has been named chairman of ARINC Inc., succeeding James Pierce, who announced his retirement in January. Belcher formerly was the company's president and chief executive officer (CEO). He…

ATM Modernization

Looming Crisis, Plea for Action

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is at a crossroads-and the future of U.S. aviation hangs in the balance. Last month President George W. Bush delivered to Congress a proposed Fiscal Year 2005…

Business & GA

Product Focus: Say Hello to FRED

Data in flight recorders is stored in crash-protected memory. But when a recorder is recovered from an accident scene, it can take weeks to decipher what the data means-to translate it into…

Business & GA

Regional Jet Cockpits-Now and in the Future

Describing the cockpit avionics in today's regional jets can be either straightforward or complex. It is straightforward if one deals with the dominant airframes from Bombardier and Embraer, where standardization across the…

ATM Modernization

FBW for the S-92

While offshore support operator Petroleum Helicopters Inc. (PHI) takes delivery this month of the first production Sikorsky S-92 at Heli-Expo in Las Vegas, engineers at BAE Systems' Johnson City, N.Y., facility are…

Business & GA

Safety: From Typo to Tailstrike

Incorrect weight and speed data can be potentially deadly, especially when the airplane's computer accepts erroneous information without an error check–rather like a word processor without a spell checker. What a difference…

ATM Modernization

Scan

Rebuilding Iraqi ATC A team of Raytheon ATM officials traveled to Iraq in late January, responding to an initial $10.5-million contract the company won to rebuild the air traffic control (ATC) facilities…