ATM ModernizationNew Products VME/VXI The Versa Module European (VME) and VME eXtension for Instrumentation (VXI) persist as trusty old standards for avionics databus equipment. VME is popular for research and development and software development, as…
ATM ModernizationSafety in Avionics: Avionics Safety, Real or Illusory Sometimes noticing a single item can lead to larger insights about electrical and avionics system safety. The case at hand involved yet another airworthiness directive (AD), issued recently, calling upon operators to…
ATM ModernizationIndustry Scan New Displays for Airbus Airbus Industrie is introducing a new, main instrument panel using liquid crystal display (LCD) technology, with certification on the A330/A340 and A320 families expected by the end of…
Business & GABroadening Weather Radar's Scope Weather radar has come a long way, showing much more today than the stormy conditions ahead. Windshear and turbulence detection is being integrated into on-board radar systems, as are terrain and traffic…
ATM ModernizationIndustry Scan Honeywell Creates New Unit As if Honeywell hasn’t had enough excitement in one year, the company has created a new, third division under Aerospace Electronic Systems (AES). Avient Technologies will be an…
Business & GAGiant Steps Forward for GA As you read this report, general aviation (GA) pilots in Alaska are receiving one of the best tools the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has ever granted them: real-time weather reports in…
Business & GAAvionics System Design: Are You Cape-Worthy? An interesting aspect of working in a company is learning from a coworker something great that you never would have thought of yourself, but still needed to know. Especially delightful is when,…
MilitaryThe Modernized 'Herc' It first flew nearly a half century ago, in 1954, yet its new cockpit could make the pilots of modern fighters and bizjets near green with envy. Lockheed Martin has transformed the…