Trends in Advanced Avionics

Trends in Advanced Avionics describes in plain English the dramatic changes under way in the avionics industry. The 1980s saw the advent of the digital "glass cockpit" and the extensive technological advances associated with computer-based avionics systems. Now developers must balance advances in technology with the need for situation awareness, pilot workload management, and more intuitive functionality.
Author Jim Curran explores the hallmarks of next-generation avionics - human-centered automation, integrated modular subsystems, and improved overall performance. He also covers the supporting technological advances, as well as the limitations imposed by real-world business, economic, political, and human factors constraints.
This book will appeal to avionics and airframe engineers; engineering program and marketing managers; and airline, corporate, and military flight crews and managers. Curran gives all who must concentrate on the technicalities of particular programs a valuable sense of the big picture within which their increasingly integrated programs must function.