Military
Defense Market in Europe
Few front line military aircraft programs are at or near service entry in Europe. And those that are—such as the Rafale, Typhoon, EH-101 and Tiger—often are subject to cuts in order numbers.…
News Archive
ATM Modernization
Editor's Note: Airlines as Jugglers
What will be in future cockpits? We hope we answered that question in part in our Outlook coverage in this issue. However, for added perspective on this topic, from the user community,…
Business & GA
Fast Moving IFE
Matsushita has increased its market lead, Sony is for sale, and live television is making its air transport debut. These and other developments are occurring rapidly in the fast-paced, highly competitive in-flight…
Business & GA
Safety in Avionics: Knowing Where You Are –– Vertically
Despite the hundreds of data elements displayed in a modern cockpit, one piece of information is missing: the position of the airplane with respect to its intended vertical path. Pilots have to…
Business & GA
Solid Growth
Free Flight will impact the avionics market. Airlines want to be ready for Free Flight from day one," states Michel Merluzeau, senior analyst for the research organization Frost & Sullivan, which recently…
ATM Modernization
Editor's Note: Congress' Compliant With RTCA
Congress, a wag once said, is "a body of men brought together to vote on unpopular laws." That may be a harsh definition of the U.S. Congress, but sometimes, one can only…
Commercial
Avionics 99 Highlights
CFIT, TCAS, ADS-B and, of course, Free Flight were some of the more widely used buzzwords heard at the Oct. 26-28 Avionics 99 conference at Bellevue, Wash. Manufacturers are engineering the means…
Editor's Note
Piloting the Engineer
Engineers and pilots view cockpit avionics from very different perspectives. Whereas an engineer may view his product as an enhancement to the operational environment, the pilot may see that product as yet…