Business & GAPhones: Voice-to-Date Evolution Enters the Cabin Once a luxury, today a necessity, and now that we have them, it’s hard to imagine living without them. We’re talking about phones. On aircraft, they’re sophisticated avionics systems. While all phones…
CommercialA3XX: 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…
MilitarySafer Flying in the Military Whether you fly an airliner or a jet fighter, the optimum word in safety is "avoidance." Avoid hitting the ground and avoid hitting other aircraft. Today’s military aircraft operate in an environment…
ATM ModernizationNew Products Pitot Static Test Set British-based Druck Ltd. has introduced the ADTS 505 portable pitot static test set for a range of fixed- and rotary-wing civil aircraft. In the United States, the unit…
ATM ModernizationPeople Smiths Industries: Mawer, Marketing Director Bill Mawer has joined Smiths Industries as marketing director for the company’s Aerospace Group. Based at Smiths Industries’ headquarters in Northwest London, he is responsible for group…
Business & GAThe Need to Remedy IFE Support Surprisingly, in the highly competitive in-flight entertainment (IFE) business, adding popular new features no longer appears to be the airlines’ top priority. IFE reliability and supportability now dominate many of the air…
MilitaryStressing Flexibility Although the Mil-Std-1553 spec, after decades of use, is ancient as electronics standards go, designers continue to develop cards and software, using the latest technologies. Bus analysis software, employed to monitor bus…
ATM ModernizationPeople Sanders: Gobel, JSF Director Sanders appointed Dan J. Gobel as Sanders’ director for Lockheed Martin’s Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Electronic Warfare (EW) program. He will lead a technology team composed of Sanders,…