ATM ModernizationFeedback A Graphic Test I just finished reading David Evans’ column "It Ought to be in Pictures" (September 2000). I put Flight Lt. Mark Walmsley’s basic question, "Do graphic displays offer a cognitive…
ATM ModernizationNew Products Analog Test Subsystem Teradyne Inc. launched its Ai7-Series Analog Test Subsystem for advanced mixed-signal functional testing during the fall Autotestcon trade show in Anaheim, Calif. The Ai7-Series provides high-throughput testing for complex…
Business & GASafety in Avionics: EMI: A Serial Killer? The airspace over the Atlantic Ocean immediately east of New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport is sort of a "Bermuda triangle" of electromagnetic interference (EMI). This is the clear inference of…
Business & GAEGPWS: Look What It Can Do Now It’s more than 30 years old, and yet it keeps evolving, gaining new capabilities. Ground proximity warning system (GPWS) technology has come a long way since it was first developed by Don…
MilitaryNew Life for Old F-16s Rapidly advancing electronics technology means that cockpit equipment becomes outdated much more quickly than the rest of the aircraft, and this is particularly crucial in fighters. To bring the avionics of the…
Business & GAA New Kind of DVD UK-based IEC International has developed an in-flight entertainment (IFE) DVD in-seat system that is said to be the first of its kind. The system is expected to enter production later this year,…
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,…
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