Business & GA
EGPWS: Look What It Can Do Now
It’s more than 30 years old, and yet it keeps evolving, gaining new capabilities. Ground proximity warning system (GPWS) technology has come a long way since it was first developed by Don…
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Military
New Life for Old F-16s
Rapidly advancing electronics technology means that cockpit equipment becomes outdated much more quickly than the rest of the aircraft, and this is particularly crucial in fighters. To bring the avionics of the…
Business & GA
A New Kind of DVD
UK-based IEC International has developed an in-flight entertainment (IFE) DVD in-seat system that is said to be the first of its kind. The system is expected to enter production later this year,…
Business & GA
Switches
People flick them, push, punch, twist and pull them. But few give much thought to them until they don’t work. Then we are more likely to assume that the light, gauge, motor…
ATM Modernization
New Products
3-D Software Global Majic Software Inc. has introduced its 3DLinX version 1.5 language-independent software for creating real-time 3-D applications. The software is described as a "user-friendly simulation development tool for building interactive,…
ATM Modernization
People
Aeroflex: Gregory, UTMC President Aeroflex Inc. has appointed Charles "Chuck" Gregory as president of UTMC. He will replace Charles "Nick" Ide, who retires in March 2001. Gregory joined Aeroflex UTMC in 1989.…
ATM Modernization
Industry Scan
Diel Avionik Systeme: Germany’s Largest Avionics Supplier Champagne corks were popped and broad smiles surrounded the entry way of a branch office in Toulouse, France, in celebration in mid-September of the launching…
Commercial
A3XX: Headlong Into Ethernet Technology
When, as seems likely, Europe’s giant new A3XX airliner program is launched, it will set records in data, as well as passenger transport. Although the avionics architecture–and the data network that underpins…