ATM Modernization

New Products

Exam Preps To assist students preparing for the private pilot and instrument rating oral exams, Sporty’s Pilot Shop has created two CD-ROMs, each with more than 420 oral exam questions. The questions…

ATM Modernization

People

Pro Star Aviation: New Officials Don White has been appointed president of Pro Star Aviation, an avionics maintenance and repair facility based at the Manchester, N.H., airport. He previously was vice president…

Business & GA

Product Focus: Connectors: Copper Controversy

Arch rivals in the air transport marketplace, Boeing and Airbus are in complete agreement on one matter: When fiber optic technology is mature enough to replace the copper wiring in aircraft, its…

Business & GA

The Gripen's NATO-ized NINS

When Saab first developed the JAS-39 Gripen fighter for Sweden’s defense, the aircraft included an integrated navigation package. However, to become part of the NATO rapid deployment force, yet maintain vigilance over…

Business & GA

Product Focus: IFE Systems

Alliances and acquisitions are the name of the game in the highly competitive in-flight entertainment (IFE) market, where companies have been scrapping for business in the wake of Sept. 11, 2001, and…

Military

JPALS: Not Just LAAS in Navy Uniform

When the U.S. Department of Defense opted for the Joint Precision Approach and Landing System (JPALS) in the mid-90s, most observers understood that this would be the military’s version of the GPS-based…

ATM Modernization

New Products

AMLCD Display BarcoView recently introduced a new, 12-by-9-inch (30.5-by-22.8-cm) active matrix liquid crystal display. The color, landscape display, designated the MFD-12.9/1, is sunlight readable and includes modular open system architecture and built-in…

ATM Modernization

People

Eclipse Aviation Corp: Burtis, Vice President Eclipse Aviation Corp. has promoted Don Burtis from director of avionics and electronics to vice president of avionics and electronics, in charge of systems development for…