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…
MilitaryNATO's Nine-Way Enhanced AWACS The Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) fleet has served as a surveillance aircraft for the North Atlantic Treaty Association (NATO) for close to 20 years. The Boeing E-3 Sentry (B707 airframe)…
ATM ModernizationE-Commerce: What It Is, How to Claim It When hype surrounds a new technology, skepticism often follows. And the non-stop buzz of E-commerce, indeed, has drawn its skeptics. But it has lured its avid proponents as well, who have entered—and…
ATM ModernizationEditor's Note: E-Commerce in Large Scale In this issue, Joseph P. McCormack reports that, in the avionics industry, Website establishment has become universal, however, the adoption of E-commerce or, more broadly, E-business has so-far gained "mixed" reaction (see…
ATM ModernizationFeedback Kudos to the Supplier I enjoyed reading in the January Editor’s Note (page 4) Capt. Bill Watts’ remarks concerning standardization for the future cockpit. The example sited, steam gauges on a glass…
ATM ModernizationDo We Really Need ICAO? It’s still surprising. When aviation people—particularly those in the United States—discuss regulatory issues, one question often comes up: Why does the U.S. need the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)? After all, some…
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