Latest Articles by Jonathan Ray

ATM Modernization

New Products

iPad App Flight Display Systems, based in Alpharetta, Ga., introduced and installed an Android software application for use with its Select Cabin Management System (CMS). The application allows passengers to control all…

Editor's Note

Perspectives: ATM Automation

As traffic levels in civil aviation continue to increase, the possibility of keeping up with capacity in Air Traffic Management (ATM) by simply applying “more of the same” is faltering. The antidote,…

Editor's Note

Industry Scan

COMMERCIAL SESAR Validation The public-private entity charged with developing the Single European Sky vision will conduct 29 validation projects in Europe this year with the aim of introducing “pre-industrial” procedures, policies and…

Military

Kilo Cockpit

The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) considers the Marine Corps CH-53K Heavy Lift Replacement helicopter a derivative of the hard-flown CH-53E in operation today. In fact, new avionics, engines, transmission, structures, rotor…

Editor's Note

Era Of Airborne RFID Begins 

Anticipated for the past several years, the application of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags for component tracking on commercial aircraft is upon us, at least for tags that are "passive," or without…

Editor's Note

Product Focus: Lighting

The use of light emitting diode (LED) technology on commercial and business aircraft is becoming more the norm than the exception. LEDs can be used to illuminate everything from airline logos on…

Editor's Note

New Products

Radar Display USB Interfaces Ballard Technology, of Everett, Wash., introduced the USB 708, a line of portable avionics interfaces that enable computers to communicate with ARINC 708 and similar weather radar display…

Editor's Note

Calendar

April 5-7 Aircraft Interiors Expo, Hamburg Messe, Hamburg, Germany. For information, phone +44 (0)208 271 2174 or visit www.aircraftinteriorsexpo.com. 11-14 Navy League Sea-Air-Space Exposition, Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, National Harbor,…