Business & GATwo Options in Bizjets Upgrades At the 1999 National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) conference and exhibition, Honeywell unveiled its Primus Epic CDS/R (Control Display System/Retrofit). It extended to corporate operators of older aircraft the latest avionics technology…
ATM ModernizationSafety in Avionics: Kudos for TCAS Stance The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has taken a significant step toward the oft-proclaimed theology of a "single level of safety" that should greatly help reduce the threat of mid-air collisions. Traffic alert…
ATM ModernizationIndustry Scan Notebook for Lauda Air Austria’s Lauda Air has selected Itronix Corp.’s X-C6250Pro and GoBook notebook computers for the carrier’s maintenance program. The wireless mobile PCs’ data broadcasting feature makes them usable in…
CommercialCabin Security: Keeping Aircraft Safe Not surprisingly, since Sept. 11, after terrorists crashed hijacked aircraft into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, aerospace electronics companies have come forward with new security systems for commercial airliners. Many…
ATM ModernizationAvionics System Design: Voodoo Audio: Part II In last month’s issue, I began telling the history of the poorly understood subject of cockpit audio. I discussed the introduction of noise-canceling microphones and the accompanying low-impedance headsets. And I mentioned…
Business & GAEditor's Note: Loran-C: Comeback Kid? Enthusiasm filled the air at the International Loran Association’s (ILA’s) 30th annual convention and technical symposium in October. The recently released Volpe Center study of Global Positioning System (GPS) vulnerability (see page…
ATM ModernizationFeedback No RoboLander Soon I enjoyed your "Safety in Avionics" column titled "Anti-Hijacking Avionics" (November 2001). I found your comments on the "RoboLander" of particular interest. I am aware that several avionics manufacturers…
Business & GAHow Vulnerable is GPS? On Sept. 10, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DoT) released a report authored by its John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, on the vulnerability of the U.S. transportation infrastructure in relying…