KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (March 19, 2011) - Though air crews may seem to be the most important human element in any aviation brigade, they could not fly without equipment working properly.

The author's initial plan for their aircraft instrument panel redesign, based on a simple Photoshop mockup, overlooked critical spatial constraints of the aircraft's internal structure. The avionics ...

The $1.6-trillion-per-year U.S. market that is civil aviation’s future depends on compliance with FAA’s 2020 ADS-B mandate. Ground infrastructure to support ADS-B detection was installed beginning in ...

Jet Aviation’s facility in Teterboro, N.J., has been granted a limited instrument and limited radio rating from FAA for its recently opened avionics shop. The new capabilities and shop space enable ...

Unlike the U.S.airlines, the U.S. military is still flying and supporting aircraft with avionics systems whose technological heyday is long past. These systems — as well as those of more recent ...

Capital Aviation at Oklahoma's Wiley Post Airport (PWA) now has a 2,000-square-foot full capability avionics shop. Carón Casteel, the new avionics manager, is a 26-year veteran of the avionics world, ...

89 percent of avionics shops expect their businesses to grow in the next 12 months, up from 81 percent in last year’s survey.