What are the plans for the Global Positioning System (GPS) constellation of satellites now that we have entered the 21st century? In an exclusive interview, Charlotte Adams, the editor of Global Positioning…
In the booming in-flight entertainment (IFE) market—estimated at $1.7 billion in 1999—"interactivity" is the buzzword for the future. Yet nearly everyone in the industry has a different interpretation of just what interactivity…
Honeywell: Smith, President & CEO Michael A. Smith, former acting president of Honeywell Space and Aviation Control, has been named president and CEO of the company’s new (following the merger with AlliedSignal)…
Loop Resistance Tester The Boeing Co. has developed an instrument that allows the integrity of cable shielding to be tested without de-mating the connectors. The Loop Resistance Tester (LRT) works by magnetically…
Increasingly crowded skies generate colorful descriptions of the problem. Here’s one harried air traffic controller’s scatological characterization of the situation for Newark International Airport in New Jersey: "[Newark] tries to put 10…
Belgian Police Receive Enhanced MD 520N The Belgian Gendarmerie (Belgian National Police) was scheduled to take delivery by the end of 1999 of its multimission MD 520N (Model 500N)—fitted with customized avionics…
The search for maximal test instrument interchangeability with minimal test program modifications has made a lot of progress in the last five years. But work by the Interchangeable Virtual Instruments (IVI) Foundation,…
The issue of PED (personal electronic device) interference with onboard avionics systems becomes more complex and contradictory as one digs deeper into prior documents, conflicting reports, and tests both conducted and not…