ATM ModernizationNew Products 3ATI Display Planar Systems Inc. has released a new 3ATI active matrix liquid crystal display (AMLCD) designed especially for rigorous avionics applications. The 3ATI can be used for flight deck instruments in…
ATM ModernizationPeople Airbus of North America: Courpron, President and COO Henri Courpron, senior vice president of sales and marketing will advance to become president and chief operating officer of Airbus Industrie of North America…
ATM ModernizationSafety in Avionics: Blindly Following the Computer A highly-automated cock-pit can lull aircrews into a false sense of security. It actually can make pilots more prone to errors in certain situations, specifically when the computer is pumping out blatantly…
ATM ModernizationIndustry Scan World War II Bomber Sports Modern Avionics Those of you who plan to attend Sun N’ Fun 2000 in Lakeland, Fla., in April are in for a treat. The Experimental Aircraft Association…
Business & GACan PRM and TCAS Work Together? A Pilot’s View: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) commissioned a precision runway monitoring (PRM) installation at Minneapolis last year. It allows terminal controllers to operate simultaneous, independent instrument landing system (ILS) approaches…
ATM ModernizationSafety in Avionics: Data Link and Stuck Microphones 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…
ATM ModernizationIndustry Scan 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…
Business & GATesting Standards: Making Giant Strides 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,…