Business & GAProduct Focus: Data Acquisition In the future some flight data will be sent directly from avionics units to the flight data recorder. Could the FDAU, as a standalone entity, one day be a thing of the…
Business & GAPerspectives: Future of Radio Communications I recently made my annual pilgrimage to Dayton, Ohio, to attend the Dayton Hamvention. In May each year, approximately 25,000 amateur radio operators, or hams, and other electronics enthusiasts descend upon Dayton…
ATM ModernizationHoneywell Boots APEX Phoenix-based Honeywell Aerospace has announced upgrades to the APEX integrated avionics package planned for the Grob SPn, a light jet for business aviation. Honeywell says the improvements will reduce pilot workload, improve…
ATM ModernizationMilitary ATM: Meeting Civil Standards At A Glance: Air traffic management modernization initiatives are impacting military aviation across the board. We discuss: U.S. Air Force and Navy equipage; and USAF’s GATM office. As the civil air traffic…
ATM ModernizationNew Products Lithium Ion-Powered Transceiver Icom America of Bellevue, Wash., has introduced A24Li, a high-power version of its A24 Navicom transceiver. The handheld unit features a lithium ion battery, which the company says provides…
ATM ModernizationPeople Eric Schmidlin As part of a company-wide expansion of customer service for its Entegra series of flight decks, multifunction displays and traffic advisory systems, Avidyne Corp. has appointed Eric Schmidlin as director…
ATM ModernizationPerspectives: The Aviation Industry and Transmitting PEDs Cell phones, wireless networks, two-way pagers, personal digital assistants (PDAs) and other transmitting portable electronic devices (T-PEDs) are growing rapidly in popularity. These devices all emit radio frequency signals, thus the generic…
ATM ModernizationQ&A: Bill Strauss: Academic Look at Interference Electromagnetic interference (EMI) from portable electronic devices (PEDs) is a growing concern, given the omnipresence of cell phones. RTCA's Special Committee 202 (SC-202) is addressing the issue in preparation for technology being…