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Military

New HUD for the Tomcat

The U.S. Navy’s F-14B pilots now enjoy greater situational awareness, thanks to the replacement of the combat aircraft’s vertical display indicator group (VDIG), the avionics portion of a larger upgrade program. The…

ATM Modernization

Feedback

No Monitoring Required I just finished reading the article "Countdown to DRVSM" by Adrian Gerold in the March 2003 issue. It is an excellent article, with the exception of the area dealing…

Military

Two Ways to See

Two major U.S. helicopter programs have adopted different helmet-mounted sight/display (HMS/D) technologies. The HMS/Ds are alike in allowing pilots to fly and fire weapons without constantly looking down at the cockpit instruments.…

Commercial

The More Complex the Better

The Lufthansa Technik AG (LHT) avionics facility at the Hamburg airport can service everything from a galley water heater to an inertial navigation unit or a flight management system. But it is…

ATM Modernization

New Products

Requirements Management Software A requirements management tool designed _for complex, multiphase development programs has been introduced by Telelogic, based in Malmo, Sweden, and Irvine, Calif. The company has introduced DOORS 7.0 Dynamic…

ATM Modernization

People

Aircraft Electronics Association: Award Winners Barry Aylward, co-owner of Kitchener Aero, in Breslau, Ontario, and Mid-Canada Mod Center, in Toronto, has been named the Aircraft Electronics Association’s (AEA’s) Member of the Year.…

Business & GA

Collision Avoidance Squared

One goal of systems integration is to save precious real estate in the cockpit. Aviation Communication & Surveillance Systems (ACSS), a company jointly owned by L-3 Communications and Thales, has done its…

Business & GA

Product Focus: In-Flight Entertainment

Few systems providers got hit harder financially than the in-flight entertainment (IFE) industry, as a result of 9/11, the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic, and the worldwide economic slump. When airlines…