Editor's Note Editor's Note: Back from the Brink The clock struck midnight on Dec. 31, the ball dropped, confetti was thrown and, the United States teetered on the brink, but did not fall over, the fiscal cliff. It took some…
ATM Modernization Industry Scan A passenger connects onboard Emirates’ A380 via OnAir’s connectivity system. OnAir CEO Sees 2013 as a Big Year for In-Flight Connectivity OnAir, a key service provider in the in-flight connectivity arena, is…
ATM Modernization Traffic Tools The Thales TRAC 2000 radar, pictured here in Ymare, France, is designed for en-route control area, allowing reduced separation between aircraft, according to the company. Here is is co-mounted with the RSM…
Embedded Avionics SDR Takes Flight Left to right, the Harris Airborne Multiband Radio (HAMR), the Harris Small Secure Data Link (SSDL) and the Rockwell Collins Gen5 ARC-210 Software-Defined Radio. After a prolonged and costly gestation, software-defined radio…
Business & GA Product Focus: Synthetic Vision Systems The four Honeywell displays include, from left to right, prototype combined enhanced vision system (EVS)/SVS, traditional primary flight display, navigation display and certified synthetic vision display on approach into Morristown, N.J. As…
ATM Modernization New Products Amended STC Astronics Corp., based in East Aurora, N.Y., received an amended Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) expanding the number of Beechcraft King Air aircraft that can be equipped with the Astronics Max-Viz-1500…
Business & GA White Paper: What Can Real-Time Data Do for iPad EFB Apps? Apple’s iPad is a revolutionary device to the aviation industry. So much so that, 2012 marked the year of the “iPad Cockpit Invasion.” Many major airlines, including American Airlines, Alaska Airlines and…
Business & GA Column: Busy Year for AEEC in 2013 The AEEC continues to create value for the airlines, aircraft manufacturers, avionics suppliers and other stakeholders by establishing common technical standards and shared technical solutions that no one organization could develop on…