ATM ModernizationPeople Garrett Aviation Services: Phillips, Vice President Keith Phillips recently was named vice president of sales and marketing for Garrett Aviation Services, Tempe, Ariz. He comes to Garrett from Curtiss-Wright Flight Systems, where…
Business & GAProduct Focus: Data Bus Test The predominant avionics data bus standard in commercial aviation today is ARINC 429. The first widespread application of digital data bus technology in commercial aviation, ARINC 429 has proved resilient over nearly…
CommercialSafety in Avionics: Anti-Hijacking Avionics To prevent airliners from being hijacked and employed as flying bombs in a repeat of the horrific events of Sept. 11, added security layers involving armor and avionics are being debated. The…
ATM ModernizationIndustry Scan Falcon 20 Display Garrett Aviation Services, Tempe, Ariz., has installed the first electronic engine instrument upgrade package for a Dassault Falcon 20. Little Rock, Ark.-based Acxiom Corp. owns the aircraft. The installation…
ATM ModernizationIndustry Scan The Market According to Collins Rockwell Collins is now a public company, independent of its previous owner, Rockwell International. On June 29, 183 million shares of common stock were made available for…
MilitaryUAVIONICS: A Global View As far back as in the 18th century, airborne vehicles were used for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR). That remains true of many airborne vehicles today. But unlike the balloons flown more…
CommercialA380: 'More Electric' Aircraft For years engineers have dreamed of an all-electric aircraft. They have envisioned a concept called "power-by-wire," in which electrical power moves aircraft flight surfaces. Gone would be the complex, heavy, maintenance-intensive, and…
CommercialAvionics System Design: Huh? What Did He Say? On a recent flight to the bustling metropolis of Nelson, British Columbia (population 8,120), I witnessed airborne communications in the general aviation world. Too bad I didn’t pack my secret decoder ring…