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Avionics USA and Military & Aerospace Electronics Forum call for papers deadline extended till Nov 17
 
SAN DIEGO, 5 Nov. 2009. The call for papers deadline for the 2010 Avionics USA and Military & Aerospace Electronics Forum conferences has been extended till Nov. 17, 2009. Both conferences will be held June 3 to 4, 2010 in San Diego at the San Diego Convention Center.

 
Gerald Janicki of Meggitt Defense Systems to lead thermal management webcast
 
NASHUA, N.H., 5 Nov. 2009. Gerald Janicki, senior director of business development and expert on thermal management technology at Meggitt Defense Systems is leading a webcast titled "Thermal Management: Keeping It Cool In Military Systems" to be held on Monday, 16 Nov. at 3pm Est.


Esterline CMC Electronics' new 10.4 inch Class 2 electronic flight bag will fly on Boeing next-generation 737s
 
MONTREAL, Quebec, 4 Nov. 2009. Boeing selected Esterline CMC Electronics' new 10.4 inch Class 2 PilotView electronic flight bag (EFB) for its Next-Generation 737s and Boeing Business Jets (BBJs).

  Boeing to upgrade CV-22 Trainer avionics simulation with virtual reality enhancements
 
ST. LOUIS, 3 Nov. 2009. Boeing [NYSE: BA] and partner Bell Helicopter won a contract from the U.S. Navy to upgrade the CV-22 Cabin Part Task Trainer (CPTT) with modifications including an aircrew flight simulation (AFS) that use virtual reality technology fused with video imagery in the avionics system. The upgrade will be delivered to Air Force Special Operations Command, ...

EASA certifies Brake to Vacate (BTV) and Runway Overrun Warning and Prevention (ROW/ROP) avionics systems on the Airbus A380
 
TOULOUSE, France, 2 Nov. 2009. The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) approved and certified Brake-To-Vacate (BTV) and Runway Overrun Warning and Prevention (ROW/ROP) avionics systems for the Airbus A380.

  FAA Oceanic air traffic management system gets improved data storage and performance from Lockheed Martin
 
ROCKVILLE, Md., 29 Oct. 2009Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] is increasing the performance, usability and data storage capacity of the system used by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for oceanic air traffic control. The technology refresh of the Ocean21 system updates the Advanced Technologies and Oceanic Procedures (ATOP) program at air route traffic control centers in Anchorage, ...

Boeing sees slow recovery for economy, long-term growth for Oceania aviation
 
SYDNEY, Australia, 28 Oct. 2009 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] officials forecast that over the next 20 years, airlines in Australia, New Zealand, and the South Pacific Islands will require 670 new airplanes valued at approximately $90 billion. The Boeing aviation forecast states that airlines will need 29,000 new airplanes through 2028, valued at $3.2 trillion, company officials say.

  HEICO acquires designer of underwater locator beacons for cockpit voice recorders
 
MIAMI, Fla., 27 Oct. 2009.- HEICO Corp. (NYSE:HEI-A) (NYSE:HEI) announced that its Electronic Technologies Group has acquired the business, assets and certain liabilities of the Seacom division of privately-held Dukane Corp.

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Features & Analysis

High fidelity, COTS technology drive flight simulation
 
Designers of flight training and flight simulation systems for military and commercial aviation depend on commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) technology and common standards to create high-fidelity solutions.

 
Ruggedness, resolution, and touch screen capability key in next-generation military avionics and commercial avionics displays
 
Whether a pilot is flying in a U.S. Army Apache Longbow helicopter over Iraq, flying a luxury business jet or just training in a simulator, he needs accurate, reliable, and real-time information available in real-time on his avionics display.

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Avionics Intelligence Blog
COTS, COTS, COTS, COTS

Posted by John McHale
Nearly everyone I speak to at avionics or defense trade shows or for interviews over the phone brings up the COTS (commercial-off-the-shelf) procurement term in some way. They make COTS products, use COTS practices, or think COTS is the worst thing in the world.

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Products
ALT Software provides support for OpenGL ES 2.0 graphics libraries for Green Hills Software's INTEGRITY RTOS
 
TORONTO, Ontario, 4 Nov. 2009. ALT Software integrated its OpenGL ES 2.0 embedded graphics device drivers with the INTEGRITY real-time operating system (RTOS) from Green Hills Software in Santa Barbara, Calif.

  SYSGO combines PikeOS RTOS and AFDX on Freescale's dual-core PQIII
 
MAINZ, Germany, 3 Nov. 2009 SYSGO ported their Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) pre-approved implementation of software based AFDX (ARINC-664) solution combined with their flag-ship product PikeOS real-time operating system (RTOS)on the dual-core PowerQUICC III MPC8572E device from Freescale. The first application using this solution has safety-critical requirements, SYSGO ...

Caribbean Airlines chooses CabinVu for in flight security
 
CHESHIRE, United Kingdom, 2 Nov. 2009 Caribbean Airlines, the national flag carrier of Trinidad and Tobago, is enhancing cockpit security on its B737 aircraft with AD Aerospace's CabinVu cockpit door monitoring system.

  DC-DC converter power electronics module introduced by VPT for avionics power applications
 
EVERETT, Wash., 23 Oct. 2009. VPT Inc. in Everett, Wash., is introducing the commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) VPT100+ 2800 DC-DC converter module for with as much as 100 Watts of output power per unit for avionics and other high-power systems.

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