CommercialSafety in Avionics: RoboLander Revisited In the wake of the multiple coordinated hijackings of Sept. 11, 2001, numerous suggestions have emerged that would have the pilot of an airliner threatened by hijackers press a "big red button,"…
ATM ModernizationIndustry Scan Flight Management System for the A380 Airbus has tapped Honeywell to provide the flight management system (FMS) for the super jumbo A380 carrier. Honeywell’s strategic win could generate $200 million in revenue…
Business & GAA TAWS for Rotorcraft Terrain awareness warning in every aircraft… Sounds nice. It certainly would enhance safety–which is why Honeywell has developed multiple versions of its enhanced ground proximity warning system (EGPWS). Perhaps the latest version,…
ATM ModernizationADS-B Progress and the Proposed Rule Two steps forward and one step back. That’s the pace for many technologies and appears to be the story for automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B), as well. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) seems…
Business & GAAging Avionics: A Break with the Past Military aircraft today are expected to endure far beyond their originally planned life spans: the 41-year-old B-52s may be around for decades to come. Military airplanes also have to accommodate new weapons,…
CommercialEditor's Note: A Fateful First Assignment In this issue of Avionics Magazine, we introduce a new contributing editor, Harry Kraemer. He is an instructor pilot with turbine experience and instrument and multiengine ratings. Harry also is enrolled in…
Business & GAStandby Flight Instruments: Helpful or Hazardous? Accident investigators at Canada’s Transportation Safety Board have issued an aviation safety advisory to international aviation authorities and aircraft operators concerning standby flight instruments. While aimed at the use of standby flight…
MilitaryThe Emerging World of JTRS This spring, possibly this month, the U.S. armed forces will enter uncharted territory. If all goes as planned, the Army will award the first chunk of a program with an ambitious end…