Business & GA

Comanche: Looking Out for Itself

For all its second-generation targeting sensors, integrated avionics and centralized computing power, the U.S. Army’s RAH-66 scout/attack helicopter must still be easy to deploy and maintain. The fast, stealthy Comanche will go…

ATM Modernization

Editor's Note: We're Expanding -- Even More

The comments I wrote last month to introduce our new Global Airspace section in Avionics Magazine followed the headline "We’re Expanding." But I only told you part of the story. As I…

Business & GA

The Promising Future for FDRs and CVRs

The "black box" industry – provider of safety/investigation-critical flight data recorders (FDRs) and cockpit voice recorders (CVRs) – is getting a healthy boost today from more stringent government requirements in the wake…

Business & GA

What Now for the New Honeywell

When AlliedSignal and Honeywell announced their merger at the 1999 Paris Air Show, it was the biggest news story from an industry event that generates a lot of big news. Then the…

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People

Rockwell Collins: Besong, VP E-Business: Rockwell Collins announced the appointment of John-Paul Besong as vice president, electronic business. He will be responsible for developing and managing the implementation of Rockwell Collins’ electronic…

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New Products

Moving Map Displays Becker Avionics Inc. has released two new versions of its AirScout GPS-based moving map product line. The Voyager II is a single block system and includes a 12-channel GPS.…

Business & GA

Safety in Avionics: Pilot Traps in the Cockpit

A modern cockpit should be more like an observation tower than a minefield. That is, it should be designed in such a way that pilots have a clear view of aircraft performance…

ATM Modernization

Industry Scan

FlightSafety Boeing Fields B737 Flight Simulators FlightSafety Boeing Training International LLC intends to satisfy global demand for Next Generation B737 simulator training by delivering six new Next-Generation 737 full-flight simulators to training…