Business & GA

The Pulse of the Databus Market

This year looks good for avionics databus technology in the United States. Numerous products will ship in the first six months. The Mil-Std-1553 market holds its own, with new aircraft programs and…

Commercial

Editor's Note: The UWB Can of Worms

The issue of ultra-wide-band (UWB) technology’s possible interference with the Global Positioning System (GPS) signal has become nothing short of a can of worms. We’ve followed this issue intently for several months…

ATM Modernization

Feedback

Avionics to Kill GA? After reading your February 2001, Avionics Magazine articles on ultra-wide band (pages 20 and 28) and Aeronautical Telecommunications Network (page 16), I felt compelled to write to you…

Military

Power-By-Wire

A new electro-hydrostatic flight control and power system, intended for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), promises to revolutionize fly-by-wire technology. Calling it "power-by-wire," the Lockheed Martin JSF team developed the system and…

Military

JSF Down the Wire

Competition for the multiservice, multinational Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program is tightening between Boeing and Lockheed Martin. Small wonder. The JSF program is cited as one of the largest fighter production programs…

ATM Modernization

New Products

MCC-2X Multi-Channel Combiner AirCell has launched new hardware that enhances air-to-ground communications by allowing two independent phone lines to use a single antenna. The MCC-2X multi-channel combiner doubles the functionality of AirCell’s…

ATM Modernization

People

Condor Engineering, Schuh, Vice President Richard Schuh has joined Condor Engineering as vice president, strategic business development. He is responsible for strategic growth initiatives and development of customer accounts and programs. Schuh…