ATM ModernizationAvionics System Design: Voodoo Audio: Part I Recent flights and discussions with flight and technical personnel have convinced me that cockpit audio remains a poorly understood area–one in which a good design requires some innovative bat wing dust and…
Business & GACompetition for Connectivity Just 18 months ago, real-time airborne Internet access seemed to be far off in the future, despite the explosive growth of terrestrial on-line technology. In fact, the in-flight entertainment (IFE) gurus, who…
MilitaryMore Than One Way to Modernize a P-3 At this year’s P-3 International Operators Support Conference, held Oct. 22-25 in Atlanta, the theme will be "Modernization – Look to the Past, The Way to the Future." Modernization is an appropriate…
ATM ModernizationEditor's Note: The Ripple Effect of Sept. 11 The tragic terrorist attack on Sept. 11 of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon delivered a body blow to civil aviation. U.S. airlines have lost millions of dollars in revenue, and…
ATM ModernizationFeedback Global Hawk Processor Loved your article on unmanned air vehicles (UAVs–Sept. 2001, page 32, and Oct. 2001, page 40). VISTA Controls, a client of mine, provides the Integrated Mission Management Computer (IMMC)…
Business & GALCD: Bigger Than Ever If all goes as planned, the aviation industry will see the largest primary cockpit display on the market in March 2002. The liquid crystal display (LCD) will measure 12 by 9 inches…
ATM ModernizationFeedback Fighting Fire with Foam David Evans’ "Safety in Avionics" column in the June 2001 issue (page 78), titled "Time to Stop Fuel Tank Explosions" reminded me of an article I read many…
ATM ModernizationFree Flight: So Far, So Good Several years ago at an air traffic control (ATC) conference, a Boeing representative included in his presentation a slide that showed the transition from the crowded, delay-stricken skies of that time to…
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