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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,…

ATM Modernization

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"…

ATM Modernization

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…

ATM Modernization

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…

ATM Modernization

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…

Military

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…