ATM ModernizationPeople BAE Systems: Menard, Director-Business Dev. John Menard has joined BAE Systems Canada as its director of business development, Corporate Aircraft Products. Menard has 25 years of experience in avionics and aircraft interior…
Business & GAProduct Focus: Flight Management Systems There are rules for how to use these things. I see a lot of use of the word "intuitive" applied to FMS products on the market today. But what is intuitive to…
Business & GASafety in Avionics: Let There Be Light The fatal Oct. 31 crash of a Singapore Airlines jet while taking off at night in bad weather raises a basic issue of cockpit visibility, and whether it’s time to equip pilots…
ATM ModernizationPeople Ixthos: Patterson, VP Operations Lynn Patterson was appointed as vice president of operations for Ixthos Inc., a DY4 company. She has worked for Ixthos for eight years in DSP engineering and product…
MilitaryProduct Focus: 1553, Still a Key Standard How is Mil-Std-1553 viewed by the primary user of the avionics bus? For an answer, Avionics Magazine interviews Bill Wilson, an avionics architecture technical expert with the Aeronautical Systems Center (ASC/ENAS) at…
Business & GASafety in Avionics: The Risk of Resetting Circuit Breakers The single most "proliferated" item of the electrical system in a modern cockpit is the circuit breaker. Sometimes known as circuit protection devices (CPDs), a moniker that literally denotes their function, breakers…
ATM ModernizationIndustry Scan Eclipse Aviation Chooses Avidyne, BAE Systems Eclipse Aviation has chosen Avidyne and BAE Systems Aircraft Controls Inc. to supply the standard avionics in its new Eclipse 500. The suite includes integrated GPS-based…
ATM ModernizationAvionics System Design: In Praise of the Aftermarket While most focus in avionics is on new equipment, an enormous industry exists that is geared towards the repair, restoration and resale of used equipment. Original manufacturers often lose interest in systems…