Business & GAEditor's Note: Avionics Syndrome: An EFB Inhibitor? If an electrical device is operated in the cockpit, it must be complex, certified and expensive, right? Well, not necessarily. And the inability to think beyond that bias probably has inhibited the…
CommercialGetting a Handle on COTS Obsolescence In the mid-1990s the U.S. military began to use more commercial off-the-shelf, or COTS, products. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) hoped that COTS would slash the cost and reduce the time…
Business & GANew Products Virtual Tools Sporty's Pilot Shop, Batavia, Ohio, now offers Virtual Airspace and Virtual Airport computer-based tutorials. The CD-ROM programs use computer animation to turn 2D information into 3D, fly-through videos. Visit www.sportys.com.…
Business & GAPeople Eggleton Luxell Technologies Inc., Toronto, Ontario, has appointed Art Eggleton to its board of directors. Eggleton has had a 30-year career in Canadian government, serving as Toronto's mayor for 11 years, as…
CommercialPerspectives: Conductive Adhesive Avionics Challenges Electrically conductive adhesive (ECA) materials offer the electronics industry an alternative to the tin-lead solder now used for connecting display driver chips, memory chips and other devices to circuit boards. But before…
MilitaryQ&A: Lt. Cmdr. Dylan Schmorrow: Empathetic Avionics: Beyond Interactivity The ultimate aircraft's avionics should be able to sense the pilot's mental state in real time and automatically adapt to the pilot's needs. This is the vision of the U.S. Defense Advanced…
Business & GASafety: Smoke: Isolating The Source Smoke in the air conditioning system may be the biggest distracter from more serious problems in the aircraft electrical system. Therefore, if smoke in the air conditioning system can be prevented, and…
ATM ModernizationScan New Lab Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing has announced the opening of an interoperability lab in Dayton, Ohio, to provide a centralized test center and product support. Visit www.cwcembedded.com. Aviation Training Swiss Aviation…