Business & GAEditor's Note: Big-Picture Planning Some may wonder whether, after commissions are established and lengthy reports are published, any action results in Washington, D.C. A recent briefing at the nation's capital indicates that sometimes it does. Last…
Business & GABoeing EFBs Boeing, in conjunction with in-house partner Jeppesen and hardware provider Astronautics Corp. of America, is taking a giant step forward in the march towards a paperless cockpit. The trio has developed a…
MilitaryJSF: Integrated Avionics Par Excellence What must a 21st-century tactical aircraft incorporate to satisfy the needs of the U.S. Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps and international customers seeking a multimission air vehicle? The short answer is…
ATM ModernizationNew Products PCI/cPCI Cards Ballard Technology, Everett, Wash., recently announced its OmniBus family of PCI and cPCI interface cards for Mil-Std-1553, ARINC 429/575, ARINC 708/453 and ARINC 717/573 avionics data buses. Available in a…
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…
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