Business & GA
Satcom for Your Citation
For the owner of a Cessna Citation III, the Aero-M satellite communication (satcom) system proved to be an ideal choice. He flies his business aircraft regularly to the Caribbean, where the commonly…
News Archive
ATM Modernization
Editor's Note: Topics We've Emphasized
I admit it. We’ve given Europe’s air traffic management (ATM) problems and the efforts by Eurocontrol to resolve those problems a lot of ink lately in our Global Airspace section. And this…
Business & GA
The Need to Remedy IFE Support
They may disagree on market share and on the relative merits of each other’s systems, but if there is one thing that the three in-flight entertainment (IFE) suppliers agree on it is…
Business & GA
Bell/Agusta Avionics for a Hybrid
The description of the tiltrotor is as simple as it has been frequently given: It is a hybrid aircraft that flies like a turboprop but lands and takes off like a helicopter.…
Business & GA
Phones: 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…
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…
Military
Safer 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 Modernization
New 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…
