ATM ModernizationEditor's Note: The Issue of Equivalency Equivalency – the quality of being "corresponding or virtually identical in effect or function," according to Webster’s Dictionary–is hardly a new term in aviation. It has been applied to many aircraft parts,…
ATM ModernizationThe Fruits of FANS FANS, the Future Air Navigation System, was developed to support optimum, least-time tracks and rapid route-clearance changes for airliners flying over oceanic or remote areas, where conventional navaids and air traffic control…
ATM ModernizationFeedback I read your well-written column "Airmanship Uber Alles (page 39) in the March issue. Unfortunately, I believe there is one mistake, which might cause inconvenience to my fellow aviators from Slovenia, looking…
Business & GAThe Pulse of the Databus Market This year looks good for avionics databus technology in the United States. Numerous products will ship in the first six months. The Mil-Std-1553 market holds its own, with new aircraft programs and…
CommercialEditor's Note: The UWB Can of Worms The issue of ultra-wide-band (UWB) technology’s possible interference with the Global Positioning System (GPS) signal has become nothing short of a can of worms. We’ve followed this issue intently for several months…
ATM ModernizationFeedback Avionics to Kill GA? After reading your February 2001, Avionics Magazine articles on ultra-wide band (pages 20 and 28) and Aeronautical Telecommunications Network (page 16), I felt compelled to write to you…
MilitaryPower-By-Wire A new electro-hydrostatic flight control and power system, intended for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), promises to revolutionize fly-by-wire technology. Calling it "power-by-wire," the Lockheed Martin JSF team developed the system and…
MilitaryJSF Down the Wire Competition for the multiservice, multinational Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program is tightening between Boeing and Lockheed Martin. Small wonder. The JSF program is cited as one of the largest fighter production programs…