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…
ATM ModernizationAvionics System Design: Feedback Over PEDs No other topic has produced the same level of reader e-mail and feedback as that of personal electronic devices (PEDs) aboard aircraft. The potential and recorded effects of these devices on aircraft…
Business & GAComanche: Looking Out for Itself For all its second-generation targeting sensors, integrated avionics and centralized computing power, the U.S. Army’s RAH-66 scout/attack helicopter must still be easy to deploy and maintain. The fast, stealthy Comanche will go…
ATM ModernizationEditor's Note: We're Expanding -- Even More The comments I wrote last month to introduce our new Global Airspace section in Avionics Magazine followed the headline "We’re Expanding." But I only told you part of the story. As I…
Business & GAThe Promising Future for FDRs and CVRs The "black box" industry – provider of safety/investigation-critical flight data recorders (FDRs) and cockpit voice recorders (CVRs) – is getting a healthy boost today from more stringent government requirements in the wake…
Business & GAWhat Now for the New Honeywell When AlliedSignal and Honeywell announced their merger at the 1999 Paris Air Show, it was the biggest news story from an industry event that generates a lot of big news. Then the…