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B787 Cockpit: Boeing’s Bold Move
It is the most integrated, most supplier-based cockpit, using the largest display system and the most open architecture of any commercial aircraft developed by Boeing. The B787 flight deck also represents a major realignment in the way the airframe...
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Calendar
November 14-15 Contractor Logistics Support-The Expanded Role of the Contractor, The Hatton,London. Contact SMi, +44 870 9090 711 or visit www.smi-online.co.uk. 14-17 Project Management Principles and Practice, a course sponsored by UCLA Extension's...
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Product Focus: Conformal Antennas: Sharing the Load
Air vehicle and radar designers aspire to the union of form and function: antennas that perform both structural and sensing roles. Such technology could revolutionize battlefield intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), enabling multiband...
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| 11.01.2005 |
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Feedback
Keeping Safety in Mind I want to comment on your Safety column in the June 2005 issue (page 65) titled "Perils of Single-Point Failures." Let me begin by saying that occasionally, when reading your articles, I have not always agreed but have always...
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New Products
Passenger Map Display Rockwell Collins, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has unveiled its new Hi-Focus maps for its Airshow 4200 moving map and information system. In addition to the aircraft's flight path, these new high-resolution maps are to show aircraft passengers...
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People
Klein, Rewitzer Achim Klein, an engineer, has been named president of Rohde & Schwarz Vertriebs GmbH, based in Munich. Klein is responsible for the sales of all Rohde & Schwarz radiocommunications products.Herbert Rewitzer, an electronics engineer...
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Q&A: Capt. Joe Burns: Missile Protectiion: Airline Perspective
With every new terrorist incident, the drive to adapt military laser jammers to passenger jets accelerates [October 2005, page 38]. A program, managed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), is producing prototype systems, and year-long, in-service...
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Scan
NASA Demos Enhanced and Synthetic Vision NASA recently demonstrated BAE Systems' enhanced vision system (EVS) technology on a head-up display (HUD) in the agency's B757 test bed aircraft. BAE showed the ability to fuse imagery from a 94-GHz millimeter-wave...
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| 11.01.2005 |
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Standards to Tie Fiber Optics Together
Optical fiber will have a bright future in military aviation. It offers high bandwidth, light weight and immunity from electromagnetic interference. It was deployed on the AV-8B decades ago, it's used on the F/A-18E/F and other aircraft, and will be fielded...
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United Airlines: Reinventing Support Services
Only now emerging from a bankruptcy filing three years ago, the world's second-largest airline--United Airlines--is betting that one element of its strategy for future prosperity will be a successful avionics troubleshooting and repair business. United...
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| 10.01.2005 |
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Airline Missile Defense Accelerates
At A Glance This article discusses: Phase 2 of the federal Counter MANPADS program; Rival onboard anti-missile packages; Plans for Phase 3. Several commercial aircraft types are poised to begin FAA safety of flight tests of onboard laser jammers, followed by...
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Calendar
October 17-20 MILCOM 2005, Atlantic City Convention Center, Atlantic City, N.J., classified and unclassified sessions. Contact J. Spargo & Associates, 703-449-6418, fax 703-631-7258, or register on line at www.milcom.org. 20-21 Grounding and Electrical...
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| 10.01.2005 |
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Countering Threats: Securing Business Aircraft
At A Glance Corporate aircraft security touches on many flavors. This article touches on: Wheelwell and door systems; Cameras and radar; Missile defense systems; and Secure data link. Two business jets of the same make and model owned by two different...
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Editor’s Note: UAVs and RNP
How urgent is the need to find ways to incorporate unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) into the national airspace system (NAS)? Read Holman Jenkins' column in the Aug. 24 issue of the Wall Street Journal, titled dramatically "When Robots Blacken the...
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F-35 Integrated Sensor Suite: Lethal Combination
At A Glance The targeting sensors in the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter are designed to assure that the pilot concentrates on the combat environment, not on the onboard systems. The prime contractor, Lockheed Martin, and a major supplier, Northrop Grumman, have...
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In-Flight Cell Phones
At A Glance European advocates of onboard cell phoning hope to obtain licenses in 2006. In this article we examine the state of play regarding: Certification challenges and interference mitigation technologies such as picocells and frequency sensitive...
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| 10.01.2005 |
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New Products
EVS Display Skyquest Aviation, Maidenhead, UK, recently launched a 4-inch cockpit liquid crystal display designed for use with an enhanced vision system (EVS). It can show either PAL (phase alternation line) or NTSC (National Television Standards Committee)...
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| 10.01.2005 |
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People
Farley, Palmeri Meggitt/S-Tec, Mineral Springs, Texas, has promoted Kyle Farley to vice president of operations and hired Trevor Palmeri as vice president of programs and customer support. Farley, who joined S-Tec in April 2000, was previously director of...
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Perspectives: Aviation Training: A Future Avenue
For decades aviation training research has received significant attention and investment from both the U.S. Department of Defense and the commercial aviation industry, with the recognition that safety and performance excellence are key components within this...
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Q&A: Oscar Alvarez: Aviation Spectrum: Continuing Threats
From ultra-wideband (UWB) to software defined radio, spectrum issues remain front and center in aviation. Old threats and problems remain, while new spectrum-hungry technologies compete for real estate. Avionics Magazine visited Oscar Alvarez, FAA's acting...
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