Military

AV-8B: Open Systems Pioneer

Six years ago the Naval Air Systems Command (NavAir) started a program to replace the mission and stores management computers on the AV-8B combat VSTOL (vertical/short takeoff and landing) aircraft with a…

ATM Modernization

Editor's Note: Tomorrow's Navaid Mix

What a difference a Volpe National Transportation Systems Center study makes. When this U.S. government organization submitted its study of GPS vulnerabilities to the Department of Transportation (DoT) in early September 2001–followed…

Commercial

Electronic Flight Bags –– Part II

Like an alignment of the planets, events and activities surrounding the development of electronic flight bags (EFBs) have been coming together to form what would appear to be a large new market…

Business & GA

Pilot Report: Flying the FlightMax

As a professional pilot, I look for a multifunction display (MFD) that is user friendly, presents information clearly and allows database updating with ease. I discovered all three characteristics while evaluating Avidyne’s…

Business & GA

Loran-C: Will I Be the Savior of GPS?

To many, the notion that Loran-C could be the savior of the satellite-based GPS system would seem a little ridiculous. After all, didn’t GPS replace Loran-C in most airplane cockpits several years…

Commercial

Editor's Note: Wrestling with Cabin Surveillance

SINCE THE TRAGEDY OF SEPT. 11, much has been done to bolster air travel security in airports. However, little has been accomplished to secure the airplane–save the mandate to install bulletproof cockpit…

Commercial

Electronic Flight Bags: What Airlines Want

Jeppesen Sanderson will tell you that it took 65 years for the chart-making company to produce and deliver its 1 billionth piece of paper, but it took only 24 months to go…

ATM Modernization

New Products

Audio Selector Panel Redmond, Wash.-based dB Systems has introduced its Model 300 audio selector panel, designed to accommodate various panel, switch and custom internal configurations. Certified and employing commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) technology,…