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Calendar
October 2-7 D.L.S. EMC by Your Design Seminar/Workshop, sponsored by D.L.S. Electronic Systems, Hilton Hotel, Northbrook, Ill. Contact D.L.S., phone 847-537-6400 or visit www.dlsemc.com. 6-8 National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) 61st Annual Meeting...
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Beating Ballistic Threats
Rocket Propelled Grenades (RPG) and small arms fire remain deadly, plentiful threats to helicopters forced to fly close to concealed enemies. Unlike Man-Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS) countered by missile warning receivers, flare dispensers, and...
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New Products
Electronic Standby Instrument L-3 Avionics Systems, Grand Rapids, Mich., introduced the Trilogy ESI-1000 Electronic Standby Instrument, a solid-state integrated standby system created for Part 23 aircraft. L-3 said the system is designed as a backup...
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Product Focus: RTOS
At 35,000 feet, the market for real-time operating systems (RTOS) is embracing the concept of virtualization as a way to wring more functionality out of avionics systems. In that respect, aviation is following in the footsteps of server-based computing in the...
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Editor’s Note: Flying Machines
You get to ride in some interesting flying machines on this job — always a treat for a guy who mainly flies a desk equipped with Apple Macintosh avionics. Since my last dispatch, I’ve added two aircraft to the portfolio, both relevant to the...
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Cover Story: SVS Virtual Sight Lines
Humans are visual creatures — if forced to give up one of our five senses, not many of us would choose to be blind. Living in a dark or blurry world is a scary thought, so we tend to pursue anything that enhances vision, from eyeglasses and binoculars...
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Determinaistic Ethernet for Avionics
The AEEC has been documenting methods for transferring digital information between avionics boxes since the 1960s. However, it wasn’t until the implementation of ARINC 429 as a reliable, high-integrity digital databus that provides deterministic message...
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Aviationtoday.com: Seeing the Weather
Weather forecast for tonight: dark. Continued dark overnight, with widely scattered light by morning. That was the famous weather forecast uttered by the "Hippy Dippy Weatherman," an indelible character created by the late comedian, George Carlin...
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Perspectives: ADS-B In and Out
On July 16, 1999, The New York Times carried Matt Wald’s detailed article about UPS cargo jets making night landings at Wilmington, Ohio, using "ADS-B In," with a cockpit display showing other air traffic. That same year, FAA began its...
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People
Ray Miller Universal Avionics, Tucson, Ariz., promoted Ray Miller to vice president and general manager of its Instrument Division, located in Duluth, Ga. In this new position, Miller will oversee engineering design and certification of the company’s...
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Product Focus: Test Equipment
In one of the largest aircraft test equipment procurement contracts in recent memory, the U.S. Navy was in the process of writing a request for proposals (RFP) to replace the roughly 600 Consolidated Automated Support System (CASS) test systems in its...
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Industry Scan
With EDO Purchase ITT Is Poised For Bigger Piece Of EW Market ITT Corp. foresees double-digit annual growth of its Electronic Systems group, helped by the recent addition of the former EDO Corp. The market for electronic warfare (EW) systems is seen as...
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AESA’s Advantages
The operational launch of the F-22 Raptor clearly signaled a changing of the guard for the United States fighter force. Bristling with advanced sensors and weapons systems, the fifth-generation Raptor, along with the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, will take the...
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New Products
Data Converter Certification AgiLynx, of Billerica, Mass., completed software verification and environmental and Electromagnetic Compatibility testing of its Lynx Series Protocol Converters, which are designed for airborne applications. The converter...
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Calendar
September 8-11 World Airline Entertainment Association (WAEA) 29th Annual Conference & Exhibition, Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center, Long Beach, Calif. Contact WAEA, 703-610-9021 or visit www.waea.org. 8-11 Autotestcon Systems Readiness...
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Aviationtoday.Com: Ruing Britannia
Most aviation journalists dread the rigors and indignities of the Farnborough Airshow, but it’s undoubtedly Europe’s biggest aviation event of the year. So, in mid-July, that’s exactly where I went. During the previous Farnborough that I...
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Satcom Solutions
The aeronautical satellite communications field, long dominated by Inmarsat, has seen Iridium grow at a rapid rate to become the most widely used network. But the race to restore the Ku-band connectivity once offered to airlines by Boeing’s Connexion...
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Editor’s Note: While Rome Burned
When Boeing interrupted its kickoff briefing at the Farnborough Airshow to announce a $4 billion order from start-up airline FlyDubai, I couldn’t help thinking, "is this really going to happen?" To me, it was analogous to a major-league sports...
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Surface Safety
Everyone has heard the old joke that the most dangerous part of flying is the drive to the airport. But what fewer people realize is that once you reach the airport and board the aircraft, the next most dangerous part of the trip happens when the aircraft is...
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NextGen Now
Florida, already the location of an "Airport of the Future" project to demonstrate emerging technologies, has been designated as a testbed to expedite the use of Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) procedures and technologies. As...
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