L-3 Communications Avionics Systems, Grand Rapids, Michigan, has been awarded a $10,533,380 firm-fixed-priced contract for F/A-18 aircraft altitude indicators. This was a sole-source acquisition using ...

The synthetic highway in the sky (HITS) has become a reality in aircraft cockpits, and Chelton Flight Systems has been key in making it so. The Boise, Idaho-based avionics manufacturer gained Federal ...

Any good bike ride should have a big climb to push your fitness, and a nice descent for the joy of careening down at high speed. [Glen Akins] has been recording his altitude during his mountain biking ...

As electromechanical instruments rapidly become a part of aviation history and electronic flight instrument systems (EFIS) are pushed to their limits, newer flat panel displays are emerging as ...

Flying an aircraft to the edge of space usually involves a jet engine, a full tank of fuel, a whole load of noise and a pilot with the kind of Right Stuff needed to reach for the stars. Not any more.

Flying an aircraft to the edge of space usually involves a jet engine, a full tank of fuel, a whole load of noise and a pilot with the kind of Right Stuff needed to reach for the stars. Not any more.