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Business & GA

System Design: Sunlight Readability II

In my last column we discussed the struggle among avionics designers to make cockpit displays clear and fully readable, even when harsh sunlight shines on them. We talked of such problems as…

ATM Modernization

Calendar

January 19-20 WAEA Technology Committee and Working Group Meetings, Hilton Los Angeles North/Glendale, Glendale, Calif. Contact World Airline Entertainment Association, phone 703-610-9021, e-mail [email protected] or visit www.waea.org. 19-21 Nanotechnology: Science, Fabrication and…

ATM Modernization

Editor's Note: Checking Industry’s Cache Quotient

As in years past, our annual outlook report is festooned with figures, charts and graphs, all to take the economic pulse of the aviation industry and the avionics field. Typical of industry…

Business & GA

Product Focus: Cockpit Lighting

What could be more basic than cockpit illumination? Simple white light bulbs for map reading and other flightdeck chores. For years incandescents have dominated the cockpit, while cabins began to change. But…

Commercial

Editor's Note: Checking Industry's Cache Quotient

As in years past, our annual outlook report is festooned with figures, charts and graphs, all to take the economic pulse of the aviation industry and the avionics field. Typical of industry…

Military

Product Focus: 1553: Ever Faster

Efforts to drive throughput on the Mil-Std-1553 bus are accelerating, as another company enters the arena. Will there be a "Mil-Std-1553C" standard next year? Although data buses are hidden away in the…

Editor's Note

Calendar

December 15-16 UV (Unmanned Vehicle) North America 2004, Crystal Gateway Marriott Hotel, Washington, D.C. Contact Shephard Group, phone +44 (0) 1628 604311 or visit www.shephard.co.uk/events. January 19-20 WAEA Technology Committee and Working…

ATM Modernization

Editor’s Note: Steering Clear of a Perfect Storm

Has the U.S. aviation industry entered a "perfect storm"? That dire analogy is how one speaker at the recent Air Traffic Controllers Association (ATCA) conference described the current whirlwind of change taking…