Business & GA

Product Focus: TCAS

Obviously encouraged by the fact that no midair accidents involving commercial aircraft have taken place since traffic alert and collision avoidance systems (TCAS) came into widespread use, regulatory agencies are expanding the…

ATM Modernization

New Products

RVR Sensor Vaisala has introduced a new sensor for runway visual range (RVR) applications, the FS11. It uses forward scatter technology, which measures the attenuation of light in the atmosphere by transmitting…

ATM Modernization

Industry Scan

GPS: Vulnerability Update Last September the U.S. Transportation Department (DoT) released a study on the vulnerabilities of GPS and of the transportation system dependent upon it. Because the report was issued the…

ATM Modernization

New Products

DPI Labs Highlights Security DPI Labs, LaVerne, Calif., now offers Safe-Link, a PBX-like voice and data distribution system that shields aircraft communications from interception in both military and commercial applications. The system…

Commercial

Safety in Avionics: RoboLander Revisited

In the wake of the multiple coordinated hijackings of Sept. 11, 2001, numerous suggestions have emerged that would have the pilot of an airliner threatened by hijackers press a "big red button,"…

ATM Modernization

Industry Scan

Flight Management System for the A380 Airbus has tapped Honeywell to provide the flight management system (FMS) for the super jumbo A380 carrier. Honeywell’s strategic win could generate $200 million in revenue…

Business & GA

A TAWS for Rotorcraft

Terrain awareness warning in every aircraft… Sounds nice. It certainly would enhance safety–which is why Honeywell has developed multiple versions of its enhanced ground proximity warning system (EGPWS). Perhaps the latest version,…