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| 03.01.2008 |
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Europe’s Green Pursuit
A Scandinavian Airline System (SAS) Boeing 737 descends noiselessly to the threshold of Arlanda Airport at Stockholm, Sweden, having just completed a descent with engines at idle or nearly so. This is not considered remarkable; rather it is one of several...
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| 02.01.2008 |
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Supplying The ‘Last Tactical Mile’
The roads in war torn Iraq and Afghanistan are some of the most treacherous thoroughfares in the world. Routine military convoy missions have quickly turned deadly in the flash of an improvised explosive device (IED). Used in roadside and suicide car...
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| 01.01.2008 |
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Cover Story: Outlook 2008: Growth Continues
Industry fortunes can be fickle. Airlines once again are profitable. Airframers are experiencing record orders and healthy backlogs. Enabling technologies for safer, more precise and efficient operations are being implemented in Europe, Asia and North...
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| 12.01.2007 |
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Engineering Pipeline Under Pressure
Avionics companies are preparing for what could be an engineering talent crunch in the coming years, as baby boomers retire and demand for qualified personnel jumps. Continuing conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, coupled with the robust business aviation...
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| 11.01.2007 |
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Cover Story: ADS-B On The Ground
FAA’s NextGen program to modernize the National Airspace System (NAS) took a great leap forward in late August with the selection of an industry team led by ITT Corp. to provide the ground infrastructure of a nationwide Automatic Dependent...
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| 10.01.2007 |
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Cover Story: Hawkeye’s Long Vision
Like many in their 40s, the E-2 Hawkeye program has learned a lot over the years, becoming smarter and better at what it does while realizing that time has taken its toll. But unlike other 40-somethings, the U.S. Navy’s flying radar program is...
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| 09.01.2007 |
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Cover Story: Before the Storm
One expression we don’t see in newspapers these days, or hear on radio and TV, is "air pockets," those Bermuda Triangle-like potholes in the sky that airliners used to routinely fall into. What has changed is the almost universal adoption of...
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| 08.01.2007 |
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Cover Story: RNP on Approach
Considered by some as the ultimate breakthrough allowing the transition from ground-based to aircraft-based navigation, Required Navigation Performance (RNP) has enjoyed a rather slow, decade-long evolution. But recent developments in the United States show...
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| 07.01.2007 |
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Counter MANPADS: Live-fire finale?
After four years of test and development, the two systems competing to protect commercial aircraft from man-portable air defense systems (MANPADS) will get a chance to prove themselves against live fire this fall. The Counter-MANPADS systems — Northrop...
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| 06.01.2007 |
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In-Trail, On-Time
Over the years, a large number of concepts to increase airspace and airport capacity and to smooth traffic flows have been proposed, but few of them have reached operational application. Some die because they just aren’t practical; others are seen to be...
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| 05.01.2007 |
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New Sensors are Force Multipliers
The global war on terrorism, shoulder-fired rockets and threats the military hasn’t even thought of yet are in part helping drive advances in sensor technologies. Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin and BAE Systems are developing technologies...
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| 04.01.2007 |
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Multilateration: Radar’s Replacement?
Multilateration sounds like something you did in high school math, but have long since forgotten. But no, you didn’t, and no, you haven’t. Multilateration, or MLat, is the latest thing coming down the pike in air traffic control technology, and...
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| 03.01.2007 |
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Miniature Air Vehicles
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) that can be contained in a backpack or even in the palm of your hand promise to deliver new intelligence-gathering and surveillance capabilities from the platoon level down to the individual soldier. These miniature aircraft...
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| 02.01.2007 |
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Arrowhead’s Vision Enhancement
Nothing can wreck the plans of a pilot skimming the earth at 120 knots in pitch darkness like an unseen power line. Except maybe an insurgent with a rocket propelled grenade or the myriad other things that threaten low-flying helicopters. One of the U.S...
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| 01.01.2007 |
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Outlook 2007
The forecasts are impressive. Despite trepidation last year over a cooling economy and spiraling oil prices, the corporate and air-transport aircraft sectors are on the ascent, and with them the potential for growth in avionics. The timing couldn’t be...
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| 12.01.2006 |
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Acronym Guide
Coming soon: Avionics Magazine presents the third edition of our comprehensive...
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| 11.01.2006 |
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American Airlines M&E: Offering It All
While the maintenance operations of most U.S. airlines are cherry picking repair and overhaul specialties and outsourcing all other work, American Airlines Maintenance and Engineering (M&E) is increasing its range of aircraft support services and adding...
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| 10.01.2006 |
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Synthetic Vision: Picturing The Future
At A Glance: Synthetic vision technology is poised for maximum visibility in the high-flying business aviation sector. We discuss FAA's ideas, as well as some of the technologies and approaches of Honeywell, IS&S and Rockwell Collins Synthetic vision is...
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| 08.01.2006 |
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Avionics Crown Typhoon Performance
It's often been said that the appeal of aircraft comes from the dramatic combination of mechanical systems, aerodynamics, chemistry and electronics in a way that can stir the heart. Those lucky enough to see a Eurofighter Typhoon displayed at an air show will...
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| 01.01.2006 |
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Avionics Outlook 2006: Rising Expectations
Optimism--ranging from cautious to near euphoric, depending on the market sector--is blossoming in the civil aviation marketplace. Despite escalating oil prices, ongoing instability in the Middle East, and a slight slowdown in growth predicted for the U.S...
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