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,…

ATM Modernization

ADS-B Progress and the Proposed Rule

Two steps forward and one step back. That’s the pace for many technologies and appears to be the story for automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B), as well. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) seems…

Business & GA

Aging Avionics: A Break with the Past

Military aircraft today are expected to endure far beyond their originally planned life spans: the 41-year-old B-52s may be around for decades to come. Military airplanes also have to accommodate new weapons,…

Commercial

Editor's Note: A Fateful First Assignment

In this issue of Avionics Magazine, we introduce a new contributing editor, Harry Kraemer. He is an instructor pilot with turbine experience and instrument and multiengine ratings. Harry also is enrolled in…

Business & GA

Avionics System Design: Designing for Space

The most difficult avionics design task is making equipment for operation in outer space. The equipment must provide 100 percent reliability under harsh environmental conditions and where repair usually is impossible. While…