Latest Articles by Jonathan Ray

Business & GA

Perspectives: Climate Uncertainties

The latest report of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), political involvement and relentless media hype have created a juggernaut that is about to descend on the aviation industry.…

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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.…

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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 [email protected]. 24-26…

Business & GA

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,…

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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…

Business & GA

The Art of Imitating Flight

Possibly more than in any other industry, simulation technology has found wide application in aviation, playing a role in avionics development and testing, airframe and engine analysis and every aspect of personnel…

Military

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"…

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Perspectives: Finding, Hiring Avionics Talent

Demand has grown dramatically for cutting edge technology in avionics, from generating new systems to updating and modernizing existing systems. Considering that just a few years ago the avionics sector was relatively…