Commercial

Safety: 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 Modernization

Scan

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 Modernization

Product 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…

ATM Modernization

Calendar

January 18-20 ION National Technical Meeting 2006, the Hyatt Regency Monterey, Monterey, Calif. Contact Institute of Navigation, phone 703-383-9688 or visit www.ion.org. 23-25 System Engineering for Project Managers, a short course offered…

Commercial

Avionics Development: Playing by the New Rules

In the prehistoric days of avionics manufacturing--say, 10 years ago--suppliers worked under a build-to-print model. Airframe manufacturers such as Boeing, Airbus and Bombardier gave them a system control document that spelled out…

Military

All New Warthog

The U.S. Air Force's A/OA-10 Thunderbolt II has never been regarded as a pretty aircraft--ergo its nickname, Warthog, and its pilots' nicknames, Hog drivers. And the largest-ever A/OA-10 modernization program, currently in…

Business & GA

Product Focus: Cable and Wire: From Commodity to System

Aircraft wiring is like the body's nervous and circulatory systems combined, distributing power, signals and data throughout the platform. It is the foundation upon which avionics functions are built. Even the flight…

ATM Modernization

Calendar

December 14-15 RNAV and Beyond, a course sponsored by Helios Information Services at the Flemings Mayfair Hotel, London, UK. Contact Helios Information Services, phone +44 207 340 1610, fax +44 207 828…