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| 03.01.2007 |
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Calendar
March 1-3 Helicopter Association International (HAI) Heli-Expo, Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Fla. Contact HAI, 703-683-4646 or visit www.rotor.com. 7-8 Avionics 2007, a conference organized by Simply Group Ltd., and Avionics magazine, Expo XXI...
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| 03.01.2007 |
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Special Report: Securing Intellectual Property
Intellectual property (IP) is as important to avionics as avionics is to an aircraft. Properly securing, maintaining and policing intellectual property rights will help maximize a company’s ability to attract investment, protect its business advantage...
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| 03.01.2007 |
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New Products
Digital Signal Processor Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing, Leesburg, Va., unveiled conduction-cooled, rugged versions of its CHAMP-FX digital signal processor (DSP) 6U VME64x and VITA-41 engines. Also, Curtiss-Wright qualified the high performance...
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| 03.01.2007 |
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Safety: Inertial System Drift
The most expensive failure of a twin Inertial Reference System (IRS) occurred on the first Ariane V rocket in 1996. Thirty-seven seconds after liftoff, a software fault caused an extreme attitude change, which tore the launch vehicle apart. Apart from...
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| 02.01.2007 |
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Industry Scan
ATC Investment Dims Outlook The pace of air traffic control (ATC) modernization represents one of the risk factors compromising an otherwise rosy outlook for the U.S. aerospace industry, says the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA). Delivering AIA’s...
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| 01.01.2007 |
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Scan
Lockheed Unveils ADS-B Team Systems integrator Lockheed Martin threw its hat into the ring for FAA’s coming requirement for Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B), unveiling a multidisciplinary team that includes Sensis Corp., Harris Corp...
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| 01.01.2007 |
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New Products
Solid-State Relay Teledyne Relays, Hawthorne, Calif., unveiled the Series S60DC40 commercial DC solid-state relay for switching high-power DC loads. The device features the latest-generation Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor (MOSFET)...
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| 12.01.2006 |
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Perspectives: Time for Change
How does that old saying go? The only thing that stays constant is change. This is true in commercial avionics, where we have seen a steady progression from analog to digital components. Change is evolutional or revolutionary. Evolutional change is a steady...
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| 11.01.2006 |
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Safety: Slippery Swaps
Initially unnoticed by the flightcrew or air traffic control (ATC), an El Al B747–412 (4X–ELS), with 455 persons on board, slipped well below the ILS glideslope (G/S), while on finals to Heathrow on Jan. 10, 2006....
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| 11.01.2006 |
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Product Focus: High-Speed 1553: Technology Advances Boost Performance
While faster processing, smaller packaging and software innovations have helped push the introduction of Mil-Std-1553 products with more capabilities, cost-effective methods of achieving breakthrough data rate increases while using the same data bus architecture are advancing....
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| 11.01.2006 |
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ADS-B Builds Momentum, But Issues Remain
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) program for a nationwide network of automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) ground stations was formally launched by Administrator Marion Blakey in early May. Since that time, agency officials have been...
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| 11.01.2006 |
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Calendar
November 13-17 Wire Installation, Familiarization and Inspection Seminar, hosted at Boeing's facility in Long Beach, Calif. Phone 562-593-1971 or visit www.boeing.com/nosearch/seminars-services/index.html. 14-16 Aerospace Testing Expo North America, Anaheim...
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| 10.01.2006 |
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New Products
Multi I/O Board Data Device Corp. (DDC) has unveiled a multiprotocol PMC card for Mil-Std-1553 and ARINC 429 data bus applications. The BU-655590F/M packages a wide array of functions, including up to four dual-redundant Mil-Std-1553 channels, 16 ARINC 429...
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| 10.01.2006 |
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People
Bob Kramer Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Savi Technology, a Lockheed Martin subsidiary, has named Bob Kramer as senior vice president of marketing and strategic development. An 18-year employee of Lockheed, he is responsible for overseeing business relations...
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| 10.01.2006 |
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Perspectives: Combining Safety, Security Certifications
Today's digital aircraft are large distributed computing systems. Each of these nodes is certified to perform its functions safely. To date, there is no formal mandate for FAA to include security issues in its system certifications. However, as...
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| 10.01.2006 |
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Satcom: Broadband in the Cabin
At A Glance: Despite the demise of Connexion, there is still demand for broadband and near- broadband connectivity. We discuss: Service providers, including Inmarsat, ARINC, OnAir, AeroMobile, Satcom Direct and AirCell; and Equipment suppliers, such as CMC...
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| 10.01.2006 |
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Product Focus: New Wire Rules to Enhance Safety
Like the veins that carry blood to vital organs in the human body, wires perform a critical function in bringing electrical power and information to the various systems in an aircraft. The miles of wiring in an aircraft are increasingly being viewed as a...
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| 09.01.2006 |
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Calendar
September 18-20 Institute for Defense & Government Advancement (IDGA) 2006 Military Logistics Summit, Sheraton Premiere, Tysons Corner, Va. Contact IDGA, phone 800-882-8684 and +973 256 0211, e-mail info@idga.org or visit...
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| 09.01.2006 |
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Scan
Push To ADS-B ACSS plans to begin development flight tests of its SafeRoute automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) software in October 2006, using a company King Air and a Convair from the FAA Tech Center in Atlantic City, N.J. Flight tests on...
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| 08.01.2006 |
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Calendar
August 27-September 1 CANEUS 2006, a conference focusing on micro and nanotechnology in aerospace applications, Toulouse Convention Center, Toulouse, France. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, phone 800-843-2763 (U.S. and Canada) and...
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