ATM ModernizationPeople ARINC Inc.: Green, Dir.-Systems & Services ARINC Inc. has promoted Richard Green to director of airport systems and services for Europe, Africa and the Middle East. He formerly was ARINC’s product director,…
Business & GAProduct Focus: Wire and Cable Aircraft wiring, fundamental to the safety of airplane operations, is the subject of perennial debate. Incidents such as the TWA crash in 1996 and the Swissair crash in 1998 focused attention on…
Business & GASafety in Avionics: Surviving a 'Sucker Trap' An aphorism exists that rubber, not aluminum, should always touch the ground first. The saying relates directly to controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) accidents. A recent close call ended with rubber touching…
ATM ModernizationIndustry Scan UAVs in the NASA Recent tests run by NASA, New Mexico State University, the U.S. Navy, Scaled Composites and Modern Technology Solutions validated emerging unmanned air vehicle (UAV) collision avoidance technologies that…
ATM ModernizationSIVAM: Communication, Navigation and Surveillance for the Amazon There’s never been a program like it, says Gregory Vuksich, president of Raytheon Brasil Sistemas de Integracao Ltda. And there may well never be one like it again. Such is the case…
Business & GAThe Post 9/11 Transponder SINCE THE SEPT. 11 DISASTER, government and industry experts have been scrutinizing an essential but unheralded piece of avionics safety equipment-the onboard aircraft transponder. Following the tragic events in New York and…
ATM ModernizationIndustry Scan Challenger’s Continuum Rockwell Collins recently had its Pro Line 21 Continuum avionics suite approved on the Bombardier Challenger 601. The suite features four 10-by-8-inch portrait-format, color displays, a fully integrated flight control…
MilitaryBreakthroughs in Military Science Sensor research and development is assuming a high profile today. Research in materials, structures, chips, modules and subsystems is leading the way to radars that perform electronic warfare (EW) functions; communications systems…