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| 09.01.2006 |
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Helmet Mounted Displays: Adding Night Vision
Day/night helmet mounted displays promise breakthrough abilities for night fighting in the areas of head comfort and safety, cockpit organization and situational awareness. Two manufacturers and two projects are leading the way for tactical fighter aircraft...
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| 09.01.2006 |
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Q&A: Lessons Learned From Las Vegas
Performance-based area navigation (RNAV) procedures allow more efficient and cost-effective use of the National Airspace System (NAS) by freeing aircraft from dependence on ground-based navaids. But these improvements don't come into being without...
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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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| 08.01.2006 |
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Avionics Crown Typhoon Performance
At A Glance: Europe's Typhoon will feature several advanced avionics systems, such as: A helmet-mounted sight, DASS upgrades, and A new phased array radar. It's often been said that the appeal of aircraft comes from the dramatic combination of mechanical...
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| 08.01.2006 |
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Radar Transmitting Data
At A Glance: Three major military contractors--Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems, L-3 Communications and Lockheed Martin Aeronautics--are jointly developing a wideband data link communications capability for today's active electronically scanned array...
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| 08.01.2006 |
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Software Defined Radio: From Revolution to Evolution
At A Glance: We discuss the reorganized Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) program, focusing on: The Airborne, Maritime and Fixed site (AMF) program, The Multifunctional Information Distribution System (MIDS) program, and New data link technologies. Despite...
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| 08.01.2006 |
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Product Focus: Expanding Scope of ARINC 625 Test Equipment
The ARINC 625 commercial aviation standard for testing line replaceable units is being revised to accommodate the expanding role of electronics in new aircraft design. The resulting approach will be more inclusive and generic. At A Glance: The AMC working...
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| 08.01.2006 |
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WAAS Milestone: Cat I Equivalence
The U.S. Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) has been approved for instrument approaches down to 200 feet above ground level (AGL), giving it equivalence to Cat I ILS. In March, FAA's GPS Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) reached a new level of...
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| 07.01.2006 |
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A400M Advances: Taking Off From the A380
Avionics development for Europe's military airlifter is accelerating. While the A400M baselines much Airbus A380 technology, it adds new flight and mission systems. At A Glance: While the A400M will reuse systems developed for the A380, the military airlifter...
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| 07.01.2006 |
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ADS-B Launch: Performance-Based Strategy
In early June 2006 the FAA's senior-level Joint Resources Council (JRC) approved Administrator Marion Blakey's choice of automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) technology for next-generation surveillance in the National Airspace System (NAS). JRC...
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| 07.01.2006 |
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Product Focus: Data Acquisition
In the future some flight data will be sent directly from avionics units to the flight data recorder. Could the FDAU, as a standalone entity, one day be a thing of the past? Today's flight data acquisition units (FDAUs) are standalone modules situated within...
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| 07.01.2006 |
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See and Avoid in IMC
At A Glance: We discuss several NASA technologies that could help to enable "see and avoid" under IFR conditions: -- Autonomous flight rules; -- Cockpit display of traffic information with conflict probe and...
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| 07.01.2006 |
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UAVs in Europe: When Will They File and Fly?
At A Glance: Europe, in collaboration with the U.S., is forging a path toward integration of UAVs into civil airspace. We discuss: -- Sense-and-avoid issues, -- Regulatory challenges, and -- UK developments. The UAV community has visions of using...
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| 06.01.2006 |
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Europe's Vision of Future Avionics
At A Glance: As part of a wider issue focusing on the future Overall ATM/communications, navigation and surveillance (CNS) Target Architecture (OATA), Eurocontrol has released an avionics study targeting three time frames: now-to-2007, 2007-2011 and 2011-2020...
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| 06.01.2006 |
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Military ATM: Meeting Civil Standards
At A Glance: Air traffic management modernization initiatives are impacting military aviation across the board. We discuss: U.S. Air Force and Navy equipage; and USAF’s GATM office. As the civil air traffic management (ATM) infrastructure evolves to...
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| 06.01.2006 |
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Q&A: Bill Strauss: Academic Look at Interference
Electromagnetic interference (EMI) from portable electronic devices (PEDs) is a growing concern, given the omnipresence of cell phones. RTCA's Special Committee 202 (SC-202) is addressing the issue in preparation for technology being developed to permit cell...
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| 06.01.2006 |
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Securing ACARS: Data Link in the Post-9/11 Environment
At A Glance: ACARS message security is under scrutiny in the post-9/11 environment. This story covers: Airline efforts to develop a standard approach to ACARS security; and The parallel push from the USAF, which would be a major customer. Strange as it may...
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| 06.01.2006 |
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Product Focus: Switch Evolution: Impact of Computers
The role of switches is changing in the era of glass cockpits. Today's military and commercial flight decks feature fewer hard-wired, single-function switches and more "soft" switching via pull-down menus and "point-and-click" sequences...
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| 05.01.2006 |
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Setting a Course: Beyond GPS
At A Glance: This article surveys non-U.S. satellite-based navigation systems being developed or modified--Europe's Galileo, Japan's JRANS and QZSS, and Russia's GLONASS--as well as GPS. Satellite navigation, once felt to be an almost exclusive U.S. monopoly...
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| 05.01.2006 |
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Broadband to the Bizjet Cabin
At A Glance: High-speed connectivity is a priority for executives. We describe broadband advances by ARINC, Rockwell Collins and Inmarsat, plus cell phone support by Honeywell and Inmarsat. Connectivity is a priority in this fast-paced business environment...
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