ConnectivityNew FMC+ Direct RF Module Increases Bandwidth in Radar Apps Responding to the accelerating trend toward wider bandwidth multi-channel receivers in modern radar systems, Abaco Systems said Thursday the FMC134 FMC+ FPGA Mezzanine Card Direct RF Conversion Module. It brings industry-leading ADC…
CommercialUAC Tests MC-21 Avionics on Maiden Flight Russian airframe manufacturer United Aircraft Corp. completed the maiden flight of the MC-21-300 commercial aircraft at the airfield of Irkutsk Aviation Plant (IAP) May 28. Being a modern aircraft, the MC-21 incorporates…
CommercialAvionics Test Program Set Committee Working Toward ARINC 625-4 An avionics standards-making test equipment committee is currently hard at work, attempting to reinforce the role of test specifications within the overall process of testing and validating functionality and performance or airframe…
Embedded Avionics5 Questions With ALTYS CEO on NextGen/SESAR Test Equipment In recent years, ALTYS Technologies has been one of the key players behind the scenes helping to ensure that the new ground and airborne technologies being deployed — to help airplanes reduce fuel…
CommercialBoeing Engineers to Improve Manufacturing Processes with Georgia Tech Students Boeing and Georgia Institute of Technology have joined forces to open a development research center, Boeing said. There, Boeing researchers and Georgia Tech engineering students will work together to explore automation in…
CommercialSupersonic Passenger Jet Travel Closer to Reality With NASA Milestone NASA has achieved a significant milestone in its effort to make supersonic passenger jet travel over land a real possibility by completing the preliminary design review of its Quiet Supersonic Transport, or…
MilitaryMeet Textron Systems' New CEO Textron Inc. Wednesday said that Lisa Atherton has been named president and CEO of Textron Systems. She succeeds Ellen Lord, who will be nominated by President Donald J. Trump as Under Secretary of Defense…
ConnectivityHelicopter Circling the Globe Will Have Honeywell, Inmarsat Wi-Fi Can a father-son duo successfully fly a Bell Helicopter 429 Global Ranger around the globe? At this point, the answer to that question is unknown. No duo of that description has circumnavigated…