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Time to Move to 25-Hour Cockpit Voice Recorders

Time to Move to 25-Hour Cockpit Voice Recorders

Today, in the U.S., cockpit voice recorders (CVR) used on commercial aircraft are only required to capture and store two hours of audio information. After two hours, the most recent information is lost when the CVR, due its limited storage capacity, records over the previous cockpit conversations.

02/12/2024
Modular Open Systems Approach

What is a Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA)?

The Modular Open Systems Approach directive has accelerated the adoption of a variety of Modular Open Systems Approach supporting standards, including SOSA, CMOSS, FACE, VICTORY, and GVA, by the Army, Air Force, and Navy.

10/27/2021
C5ISR/electronic warfare (VICTORY)

What are VICTORY and GVA?

Learn more about Vehicle Integration for C4ISR/EW Interoperability (VICTORY) and Generic Vehicle Architecture (GVA).

09/28/2021
flight data recorder

Build or Buy: The Strains of Designing a Flight Recorder

Designing a flight recorder (FR) that complies to international standards and crash survivability is very challenging and more expensive than buying one.

12/21/2020
CSfC

Is the CSfC Program Growing?

The Commercial Solutions for Classified (CSfC) program established by the National Security Agency in 2014 has been growing since its inception

12/03/2020
black box airplane

Meeting the Latest Regulations and Increasing Safety

New flight recorder system from Honeywell and Curtiss-Wright enhances safety and eases access to onboard data for operators.

02/07/2019
Data in Motion Encryption

Data Transfer System (DTS1) with Encryption

A single slot Data Transport System can replace existing Data Transfer Units eliminate client storage, reduce SWaP and provide advanced COTS encryption.

11/27/2018
UAV encryption

Partitioning with Software Full Disk Encryption

Paul Davis looks at data encryption and how to protect data with AES-256 encryption while maintaining the devices separate files and functionality.

10/01/2018