ATM ModernizationADS-B Installations See Significant Increase With an FAA implementation mandate for Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast Out by Jan. 1 next year firmly in place, and second and third generation systems available in numbers, installations of ADS-B are…
CommercialFull Flight Simulators Incorporate VR for Next Generation of Pilots Modern full-flight simulators are so realistic that a student pilot can learn to fly from scratch in the virtual world and step directly into an aircraft for real-world, leave-the-ground checkout flights. High-fidelity…
ATM ModernizationFAA Chooses Enhanced ADS-C Over Space-Based ADS-B for Oceanic Airspace A July report published by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) found it would be significantly more cost-effective for the FAA to use a faster version of the existing automatic dependent surveillance-contract…
CommercialThe Role of Moded Input Devices in Airliner Accidents There is no debate whether modern avionics have substantially improved safety and operational efficiency, but functionality has increased, the role of input devices has quietly changed. A recent cross-cutting study published in…
CommercialEFB Users Realize Airliner IT, App Growth at 2019 SAE Forum The commercial airline industry’s first uploading of information from an electronic flight bag (EFB) to an aircraft’s flight management system (FMS) was demonstrated at the 18th EFB Users Forum conference held in…
Editor's NoteInterference Poses Biggest Challenge to Using Multicore Processors in Avionics In a bid to deliver more performance from individual computer processing units (CPUs), the computer hardware industry is moving away from single-core to multi-core processors, creating serious challenges for all parts of…
CommercialDelta Upgrading IFE, Cockpit Screens After Record-Setting Quarter Delta topped 2019’s Airline Quality Rankings for the first time in nearly two decades. It has a Net Promoter Score hovering around 50 — considered the benchmark for “excellent” on the -100…
CommercialAirlines Are Starting to Dedicate Small IT Teams to EFBs At the end of June, I attended SAE International’s EFB Users Forum for the first time, and I must say that I gained a deeper understanding of what it actually takes to…