On Electronic Engineering Jounal's podcast program Fish Fry, host Amelia Dalton speaks with David Jedynak of Curtiss-Wright about the past, present, and future of VITA standards.

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.

Annual conference brings together leading suppliers of embedded systems, subject matter experts and international media

FTI solutions on display will include a compact TSPI unit, a TmNS-compatible bi-directional RF communication system, a compact and modular all-in-one telepack, and real-time FFT processing for telemetry bandwidth optimization

New S-band mTTS-100-1 multimode transmitter supports Curtiss-Wright MnACQ, McDAU, and MDW-2020 data acquisition stacks with optional data encryption.

FortressHUMS is an ED-112A compliant cockpit voice and flight data recorder featuring integrated health and usage monitoring system in a 13 lb. installation.

For critical and intelligent deployed embedded modules, air-flow-through (AFT) cooling describes an approach that brings the coolant much closer to heat-generating electronics than standard conduction-cooled approaches.

Variants of Honeywell Connected Recorder-25 are now type-certified for use on Boeing 737, 767 and 777 production aircraft.