With the wide adoption of FACE, system integrators can reap tremendous benefits in interoperability and cost.

Paul Davis looks at how it’s now possible to design digital data recorders that can absorb upwards of 6 GB per second of streaming data, 400 percent more bandwidth then the fastest SFPDP recorder could handle.

The Curtiss-Wright Fortress can function as a traditional FDR, cockpit voice recorder, datalink recorder or airborne image recorder, or a combination of the four. It also allows operators to use the data captured for predictive maintenance.

Woodrow Bellamy at Avionics Today discusses recommendations on avionics upgrades & improved capabilities for aircraft flying oceanic routes.