White Papers for Avionics International Vendor Directory

• FIXAR: UAV productivity - AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY

  When evaluating the productivity of an aircraft, metrics should be applied based on industry-specific demands. For the task in hand, we propose to consider the use of drones for aerial photography, which are designed for mapping, geodesic and land surveying work.

• Custom Solutions from Pixhawk Integration, an Open Source Flight Controller

  Inertial Labs proudly announces the new Pixhawk 2.1 integration with Inertial Labs’ INS-P. Operating on the Ardupilot firmware, this complete open source autopilot solution can be fully customized for use across a wide variety of applications in addition to search and rescue adaptations.

• Highways in the Sky

  The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is conducting a comprehensive overhaul of the National Airspace System to make air travel more dependable and efficient, while reducing the impact of aviation on the environment and on communities around airports. The FAA’s air traffic modernization...

• Ethernet Invades the Industrial Space

  Ethernet is rapidly becoming the predominant networking technology within the industrial environment, with a number of recent IEEE 802 Ethernet sub-standards covering the mechanisms required to support real-time communication. With the growing number of factory systems using Ethernet...

• How Power, Lighting, and EVS Improve Rotorcraft Safety and Performace

  With rotorcraft serving rugged duty across a wide spectrum of mission-critical industries including firefighting, police work, emergency medical services (EMS), oil and gas transport, and search and rescue (SAR), integrating new technologies optimizes the safety and operational performance of...