ATM ModernizationPerspectives: How Avionics Redefined Rotorcraft Design In the early days of rotorcraft development, avionics and systems had a limited role in aircraft design. Essentially, the helicopter was an airframe and one or more engines. Early flight control systems…
ATM ModernizationQ&A: Matt Zuccaro: Rotorcraft Safety, Katrina and ADS-B In the aviation menagerie, the helicopter is clearly a different animal. It performs many functions that other air vehicles cannot--for example, landing on offshore oil rigs. Rotorcraft are particularly beneficial during rescue…
ATM ModernizationPeople Roy Robertson The Airline Avionics Institute (AAI) has awarded the 2005 Volare Award in Avionics Manufacturer to Roy Robertson, principal systems engineer at Rockwell Collins, for his work on the WXR-2100 multiscan…
ATM ModernizationPerspectives: Software Radio: The Bright Side Readers of Avionics Magazine are aware of the challenges posed by software defined radio (SDR)--especially the wideband, frequency-agile variety envisioned by military researchers. If not carefully handled, it could make life more…
ATM ModernizationQ&A: Jake Hinchman Automated Refueling of UAVs If unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) are to become contenders for manned aircraft roles, they need to be refuelable by air. The Automated Aerial Refueling project, an advanced technology…
CommercialSafety: Safety-Proofing Software Certification The nose pitch-up led to an emergency airworthiness directive (AD), but the tale is far from over and gets to the heart of software certification. The Aug. 1 case involves a Malaysian…
ATM ModernizationScan Another Step for ADS-B ACSS, an L-3 Communications and Thales company, and UPS Aviation have partnered to develop an automatic dependent surveillance system-broadcast (ADS-B) package designed to assure the safe separation of…
ATM ModernizationProduct Focus: Tracking MEMS In Navigation Systems Rugged, reliable and affordable micromachines are moving into prime-time avionics applications in unmanned air vehicles and precision-guided munitions. Tiny micro electromechanical systems, or MEMS, are no longer the stuff of fiction. The…