MilitaryMilitary Upgrades: How the Royal Navy Advanced Its AEW AFTER BEING STUNG BADLY during the 1982 Falklands conflict, the British Royal Navy had 10 of its Sea King HAS Mk2 helicopters initially retrofitted with Thorn-EMI (later Racal and now Thales Avionics)…
ATM ModernizationIndustry Scan Thales Joins with L-3 Communications Thales Avionics and L-3 Communications signed an agreement in mid-April to form a joint venture company, to be located in Phoenix, Ariz. This move is consistent with…
Business & GAAirshow -- No Longer a Single-Product IFE Provider In this age of computer technology, demand for in-flight entertainment, Internet, e-mail and wireless capability is on the rise. Airshow Inc. is busily working on solutions to make it all possible. The…
ATM ModernizationAvionics System Design: Project 25 Radios: A Welcome Standard If you have anything to do with public safety, law enforcement, government agencies or contract/leased aircraft, Project 25 radios will be a reality in your life this year. And these new radios…
ATM ModernizationEditor's Note: The Issue of Equivalency Equivalency – the quality of being "corresponding or virtually identical in effect or function," according to Webster’s Dictionary–is hardly a new term in aviation. It has been applied to many aircraft parts,…
ATM ModernizationThe Fruits of FANS FANS, the Future Air Navigation System, was developed to support optimum, least-time tracks and rapid route-clearance changes for airliners flying over oceanic or remote areas, where conventional navaids and air traffic control…
ATM ModernizationFeedback I read your well-written column "Airmanship Uber Alles (page 39) in the March issue. Unfortunately, I believe there is one mistake, which might cause inconvenience to my fellow aviators from Slovenia, looking…
Business & GAWeathering Fog and Darkness -- HUDs With Enhanced Vision Enhanced vision systems (EVS) using infrared sensors to penetrate certain kinds of fog and low-visibility conditions are the latest enhancement to head-up displays (HUDs). They are in increasing demand in the regional…