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March 1, 2009
Product Focus: Lighting
With light-emitting diode (LED) technology for cockpit and cabin lighting now the norm for all new-production applications, lighting suppliers are working to develop higher-power LEDs that are brighter and to improve processing techniques that improve color...
March 1, 2009
New Products
New Web Site Mid-Continent Instruments, Wichita, Kan., has launched a new Web site — www.mcico.com — providing a new tool to enhance customer service The new site was developed following a year of customer research and content organization...
March 1, 2009
Aviationtoday.com
A Future Too Soon? Not that you asked, but I work out of my home office in Barrington, R.I., a quintessentially New England town by the sea. It’s a pleasant enough place — except during winter, when temperatures drop into the teens and snow snarls...
March 1, 2009
Industry Scan
Commercial NextGen Update The FAA on Jan. 30 released an update to its NextGen Implementation Plan, defining the core set of avionics that will support NextGen operational capabilities deployed by 2018. The updated plan contains high-level "governing...
February 1, 2009
Opportunity Knocks
Amidst the doom and gloom of the global financial meltdown, there are discernible signs of movement, at least within the avionics industry. In the stagnant economy we’ve inherited from Wall Street, companies can choose either to hunker down, contain...
February 1, 2009
Industry Scan
Commercial Boeing Restructures Boeing in December announced a restructuring within its Commercial Airplanes division, combining production and development programs, including the 787 Dreamliner and 747-8, under a new Airplane Programs organization and forming...
February 1, 2009
Avionics Driving Efficiency Gains
Buffeted by a volatile fuel market, financial meltdown and economic downturn, the world’s airlines are navigating through some very challenging conditions. After climbing back from six successive years of losses to post a $5.6 billion net profit in...
February 1, 2009
Product Focus: Connectors
With the introduction of high-speed data communications for the cockpit and the continuing evolution of advanced in-flight entertainment systems in the cabin, avionics connector manufacturers and standards-setting bodies working to define specifications have...
February 1, 2009
New Products
Maintenance Center Duncan Aviation will build a full-service business aviation maintenance facility in Provo, Utah. The facility, which is set to open in August 2010, will provide airframe, engine, interior completions, exterior paint and avionics...
February 1, 2009
Emerging From Shell Shock
As we stagger out of our bunkers and sort through the rubble of 2008, the indicators for the coming year don’t auger well. It’s entirely possible that we’ll continue to endure economic bombardment well into 2009. Let’s first examine...
February 1, 2009
The Hardware Link
Quiz: In our increasingly numerical world, which of the following standards has rapidly become the focal point for the silicon in avionics hardware? Mil-Std-1553 AS9100 DO-178B DO-254 If you said 3 — DO-178B — you are close. But the correct answer...
January 1, 2009
Editor’s Note: On Wing And Prayer
It’s not often that I get to mention my favorite World War II aircraft in the pages of a 21st century technology magazine. So I was pleased when Marion C. Blakey, president and CEO of the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA), provided an entrée...
January 1, 2009
Industry Scan
Commercial ADS-B In Europe Equipping for Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) in European airspace will be mandatory starting in 2015 — five years earlier than in the United States — under the European Commission’s Surveillance...
January 1, 2009
People
Arsen Melconian Tecom Industries, Inc., Thousand Oaks, Calif., appointed Arsen Melconian president. Melconian most recently was Tecom’s vice president of engineering and chief technology officer. He joined the company in 2002 as director of engineering...
January 1, 2009
Calendar
February 11-12 National Business Aviation Association, Asian Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (ABACE), Hong Kong Business Aviation Center at Hong Kong International Airport, Hong Kong, China. Visit www.abace.aero. 11-15 Aero India 2009, Air Force...
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