ATM ModernizationNew Products New Full-Feature 1553 Cards Ballard Technology Inc. has introduced a new family of PC cards (PCMCIA) for Mil-Std-1553 databus interfacing. The eight CM1553-3 models are now available in a small, portable PC…
ATM ModernizationSafety in Avionics: Needless Nakedness in the Face of Fire If a pilot’s greatest fear is that of in-flight fire, U.S. airline pilots are facing this frightening specter an average of three times a day. The realization of fire on board always…
ATM ModernizationIndustry Scan HGS on the Challenger 604 The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration recently approved the Flight Dynamics head-up guidance system (HGS) on the Bombardier Canadair Challenger 604. The STC follows some three years of…
ATM ModernizationAvionics System Design: Insurance As a Design Parameter In the fall and winter of 1999, something happened quietly behind the scenes in the aviation business that may have changed the nature of avionics design and support permanently, but with very…
ATM ModernizationWeather in the Cockpit There was a time when avoiding weather was a tactical exercise. It involved the aircrew making route and/or altitude changes based on information received via on-board weather radar (with a range typically…
ATM ModernizationIndustry Scan L-3, Sextant Buy TCAS from Honeywell As part of the post-merger plan to divest the overlapping products of Honeywell and AlliedSignal, Honeywell agreed in March to sell its traffic alert and collision…
ATM ModernizationAvionics System Design: Lab Magic Ever so often, a design or test project gets bogged down because some aspect of the lab work hits a brick wall. The method for getting past such a problem is not…
CommercialBoeing's 767-400ER: Ethernet Technology Takes Wing Fittingly, delivery of the 21st century’s first new jetliner coincides with the pioneering application of an Ethernet data transmission network to host flight-critical information. The first Boeing 767-400ER (extended range) derivative, scheduled…
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