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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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| 02.01.2007 |
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Broadband Rolls Out
The overall adoption of high-speed, or broadband, Internet service is growing. According to a Pew study, 42 percent of Americans had broadband at home in March 2006, up 40 percent from the year before. Airborne broadband is a somewhat slower-growing...
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| 02.01.2007 |
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Product Focus: Lighting Technology
New approaches in cockpit lighting design and technology are benefiting both pilots and designers. From a design perspective, computer aided design (CAD) software is helping cockpit lighting come into its own, yielding improved working environments for flight...
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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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| 01.01.2007 |
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A Happy Landing For LAAS?
Starting in the early 1990s, FAA launched a development program to produce a GPS-based replacement for the aging Instrument Landing System (ILS). The goal — to provide routine and precise satellite guidance to aircraft landing in low-visibility...
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| 01.01.2007 |
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Barco Displays Its Avionics Strength
A high-technology supplier to several different markets, Barco defines its avionics business as the liquid crystal displays it provides for aircraft cockpits. The company jealously guards the process by which it produces the ruggedized LCDs. "We do the...
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| 01.01.2007 |
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Q&A: Engine Support, Wirelessly
Honeywell introduced a remote diagnostic system intended to support its TFE731 engine base initially, but also eyed for remote monitoring of other aircraft systems. Dubbed the "Zing Intelligent Monitoring...
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| 01.01.2007 |
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Product Focus: Data Acquisition
Among new systems that will debut on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner is an Enhanced Airborne Flight Recorder (EAFR) manufactured by Smiths Aerospace, the first such recorder complying with the new ARINC 767 standard. Adopted by the Airlines Electronic Engineering...
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| 11.01.2006 |
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Q&A: Bizjet Market’s Avionics Concerns
Corporate aviation, with its deep-pocketed customers and premium on flexibility, has always been a catalyst for innovation in avionics – from cockpit displays to in–flight entertainment to connectivity tools. Operators at the top end of the market...
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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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UAV: Manned and Unmanned Aircraft: Can They Coexist?
With the emergence of air vehicles like Northrop Grumman's Global Hawk, General Atomics' Predator and the NASA/AeroVironment Pathfinder, the reality of unmanned aircraft is clear. Today, unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) or, to include their ground control...
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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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CAAS: Past, Present and Future
At A Glance: This article discusses the U.S. military's adoption of the common avionics architecture system (CAAS), developed by Rockwell Collins. Platforms covered include the ARH-70A, CH-47F, MH-47G, CH-53E, CH-53K, UH-60M, HH-60T and VH-60N Major steps to...
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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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| 10.01.2006 |
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What is RTSP?
At A Glance: Required total system performance (RTSP) is more than an abstraction. It is a concept of growing importance in air traffic management (ATM) as designers plan how to accommodate traffic growth. This article discusses RTSP and subordinate concepts...
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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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EFBs: Finding a Comfort Level
Ultimately, aircraft operators want all the capabilities a technology can offer. With electronic flight bags, that would mean installing a Class 3 unit, as designated by FAA's Advisory Circular (AC) 120-76A, providing certification guidance. Fully integrated...
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| 09.01.2006 |
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European Air Traffic Surveillance: A Combination Approach
Once air traffic surveillance meant "Mk 1 eyeballs" scanning the airspace from a tall tower. Then came radar, which extended oversight well beyond visual range, becoming the surveillance mainstay for six decades. Recently, however, new automatic...
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