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January 1, 2008
Industry Scan
Commercial ADS-B Comments FAA on Nov. 19 extended the comment period for its Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) proposed rulemaking by 60 days until March 2008, following requests from industry associations. The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking...
January 1, 2008
People
Jean-Pierre Mortreaux Jean-Pierre Mortreaux, CMC Electronics president and CEO, was elected chairman of the Aerospace Industries Association of Canada. Mortreaux succeeds Don Campbell, executive vice president of CAE, who chaired the association from 2006...
January 1, 2008
Calendar
January 7-10 Aerospace Sciences Conference and Exhibition, Grand Sierra Resort Hotel, Reno, Nev. Contact organizer, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, phone 703-264-7500 or visit www.aiaa.org. 21-23 Armed Forces Communications and Electronics...
January 1, 2008
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...
January 1, 2008
Outlook 2008: Avionics Test Market Outlook
The market for avionics Automatic Test Equipment (ATE) is alive and well. This is an exciting and dynamic marketplace for vendors in both the military and commercial segment. This article will provide an outlook of the market for 2008 and beyond, covering...
January 1, 2008
New Products
Certification Guidance A new book, "Avionics Certification: The Complete Guide to DO-178," endeavors to guide readers through the avionics certification process. The authors are Vance Hilderman, who spent 25 years designing aerospace systems, and...
January 1, 2008
Aviationtoday.com: Integrating Iridium
It’s a truism among military commanders and corporate managers alike: better technology doesn’t necessarily lead to victory. Rather, victory goes to those who use technology better. Likewise, air operators are seeking better performance from...
December 1, 2007
Industry Scan
ATO Head Krakowski Vows To Be NextGen ‘Advocate’ The new head of FAA’s Air Traffic Organization (ATO) vowed to be "the strongest, most effective public advocate" for a NextGen modernization program facing long-term funding...
December 1, 2007
Editor’s Note: Assuring Information
When it comes to clandestine pursuits like cyber security, I generally assume that someone in the depths of the Pentagon or the National Security Agency has it covered. But to hear John Grimes tell it, there is a very thin line indeed separating the "bad...
December 1, 2007
People
Williamson, Morgan The Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium (NCOIC), a not-for-profit international association, named retired Rear Adm. Robert C. Williamson, U.S. Navy, its chairperson for the next year. He succeeds retired Lt. Gen. Harry D...
December 1, 2007
Calendar
December 6-7 Airborne Early Warning and Battle Management Conference, One Whitehall Place, London. Visit www.iqpc.co.uk. 2008 February 19-24 Singapore Air Show, Changi Exhibition Center, Singapore. Contact (65) 6542 8660 or...
December 1, 2007
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...
December 1, 2007
Commercial: Technology Lightens Aviation’s ‘Footprint’
Record temperatures, melting glaciers and a score of increasingly dire scientific reports are sparking worldwide concern about climate change. And governments and industries are feeling the heat. The growing importance of the "green" issue was...
December 1, 2007
Product Focus: Mil-Std-1553
It’s been about 18 months since the introduction of a new standard for high-bandwidth data bus networking based on Mil-Std-1553 technology. How it’s gone since then for what’s become known as "Extended" 1553 depends on whether you...
December 1, 2007
New Products
Airborne Telecom TrueNorth Avionics, Ottawa, Canada, said its "Simphone Chorus" airborne telecommunications system won FAA supplemental type certification (STC) for initial installation on a Global Express business jet. TrueNorth said the system has...
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