Business & GA
The Pulse of the Databus Market
This year looks good for avionics databus technology in the United States. Numerous products will ship in the first six months. The Mil-Std-1553 market holds its own, with new aircraft programs and…
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Commercial
Editor's Note: The UWB Can of Worms
The issue of ultra-wide-band (UWB) technology’s possible interference with the Global Positioning System (GPS) signal has become nothing short of a can of worms. We’ve followed this issue intently for several months…
ATM Modernization
Feedback
Avionics to Kill GA? After reading your February 2001, Avionics Magazine articles on ultra-wide band (pages 20 and 28) and Aeronautical Telecommunications Network (page 16), I felt compelled to write to you…
Military
Power-By-Wire
A new electro-hydrostatic flight control and power system, intended for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), promises to revolutionize fly-by-wire technology. Calling it "power-by-wire," the Lockheed Martin JSF team developed the system and…
Military
JSF Down the Wire
Competition for the multiservice, multinational Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program is tightening between Boeing and Lockheed Martin. Small wonder. The JSF program is cited as one of the largest fighter production programs…
ATM Modernization
New Products
MCC-2X Multi-Channel Combiner AirCell has launched new hardware that enhances air-to-ground communications by allowing two independent phone lines to use a single antenna. The MCC-2X multi-channel combiner doubles the functionality of AirCell’s…
ATM Modernization
People
Condor Engineering, Schuh, Vice President Richard Schuh has joined Condor Engineering as vice president, strategic business development. He is responsible for strategic growth initiatives and development of customer accounts and programs. Schuh…
Commercial
Product Focus: Air Data Test Sets
We have a traffic jam over parts of the United States and within the congested core of Europe. True, a lot of blue sky exists without the streak of a contrail–over Wyoming…