Inspect the EWIS While Installing ADS-B Equipment

During your ADS-B install, take the opportunity to inspect and protect the aircraft’s critical EWIS against chafe induced arc, spark, and combustion.  Close inspection on the ground is warranted as forces created by flight can cause cable, harnesses and lines to shift...

Countdown to Compliance on the ADS-B Mandate

ADS-B Out must be installed and operating by 1/1/2020.  In this post we’ll go through some common questions about the mandate and the possibility of date slippage The Facts FAA’s ADS-B (Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast) uses satellites, not radar, to fix...

The Cost of Poor Quality for Aerospace Manufacturing

Aerospace clients often seek our advice and solutions to Cost of Poor Quality (CoPQ) problems created by the use of legacy wire protection like the Nylon MS21266 glued on grommet. CoPQ is bigger than most people think. According to Quality Digest, it ranges from 5% to...

ADS-B Deadline: FAA Rebate Will Increase Pressure on MRO’s

MRO’s are already busy with ADS-B installs and it’s only going to get more intense as the January 1, 2020 deadline looms. To add to this aerospace equivalent of Black Friday shopping, the FAA has announced a second $500 rebate for installs before Oct 11 2019.   The...