ATM Modernization

New Products

Loop Resistance Tester The Boeing Co. has developed an instrument that allows the integrity of cable shielding to be tested without de-mating the connectors. The Loop Resistance Tester (LRT) works by magnetically…

ATM Modernization

Safety 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 Modernization

Industry 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 & GA

Testing 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,…

ATM Modernization

Avionics System Design: Potential Perils of PEDS

The issue of PED (personal electronic device) interference with onboard avionics systems becomes more complex and contradictory as one digs deeper into prior documents, conflicting reports, and tests both conducted and not…

Military

The Beauty of COTS

The percentage of funds allocated for avionics in U.S. military aircraft programs has grown to enormous proportions. Fortunately, with help from the 1995 reforms in defense acquisitions, a fundamental change exists in…

Military

Civil Market in Europe

As in the United States, the two very promising markets in Europe are corporate/executive transport and regional airline—but perhaps for different reasons. While a booming economy fuels U.S. growth in these markets,…

Military

Defense Market in Europe

Few front line military aircraft programs are at or near service entry in Europe. And those that are—such as the Rafale, Typhoon, EH-101 and Tiger—often are subject to cuts in order numbers.…