MilitaryProduct Focus: 1553, Still a Key Standard How is Mil-Std-1553 viewed by the primary user of the avionics bus? For an answer, Avionics Magazine interviews Bill Wilson, an avionics architecture technical expert with the Aeronautical Systems Center (ASC/ENAS) at…
Business & GASafety in Avionics: The Risk of Resetting Circuit Breakers The single most "proliferated" item of the electrical system in a modern cockpit is the circuit breaker. Sometimes known as circuit protection devices (CPDs), a moniker that literally denotes their function, breakers…
ATM ModernizationIndustry Scan Eclipse Aviation Chooses Avidyne, BAE Systems Eclipse Aviation has chosen Avidyne and BAE Systems Aircraft Controls Inc. to supply the standard avionics in its new Eclipse 500. The suite includes integrated GPS-based…
Business & GASwitches People flick them, push, punch, twist and pull them. But few give much thought to them until they don’t work. Then we are more likely to assume that the light, gauge, motor…
ATM ModernizationNew Products 3-D Software Global Majic Software Inc. has introduced its 3DLinX version 1.5 language-independent software for creating real-time 3-D applications. The software is described as a "user-friendly simulation development tool for building interactive,…
ATM ModernizationPeople Aeroflex: Gregory, UTMC President Aeroflex Inc. has appointed Charles "Chuck" Gregory as president of UTMC. He will replace Charles "Nick" Ide, who retires in March 2001. Gregory joined Aeroflex UTMC in 1989.…
ATM ModernizationIndustry Scan Diel Avionik Systeme: Germany’s Largest Avionics Supplier Champagne corks were popped and broad smiles surrounded the entry way of a branch office in Toulouse, France, in celebration in mid-September of the launching…
ATM ModernizationEditor's Note: The Father of Free Flight William B. (Bill) Cotton has flown many types of airplanes. He flew for United Airlines right up to his retirement, when on Aug. 28 he reached age 60, and he is current…
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