SAN DIEGO -- Next-generation air traffic control systems and technology for runway incursion prevention highlight inaugural Avionics USA conference and exhibition June 1 and 2, 2009, at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego.

This conference complements the Avionics 2009 conference and exhibition, which is each year in March in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, which has featured content on next-generation air traffic management (ATM) and avionics modernization for military systems.

Conference content at Avionics USAwill touch on how designers and system integrators are handling the challenges of next-generation systems and standards for commercial avionics and military avionics, as well as for air traffic management.

Conference topics include:

-- future air traffic management (ATM);

-- runway incursion;
-- electronic flight bags;
-- layered information assurance for avionics systems;
-- certification and standards for future avionics systems;
-- avionics components standards;
-- cost benefit analysis of implementing performance-based navigation; and
-- avionics upgrades and obsolescence.

Scheduled conference presenters include:

-- Pierre Magro, head of avionics product line and upgrade services for Airbus;
-- Worth Kirkman, avionics integration leader at the MITRE Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development;
-- J.J. Johnson of Boeing; and
-- Wallace Feerrar, outcome leader for Aviation Safety at Mitre.

Register here for Avionics USA 2009.

Avionics USA is co-located with the Military & Aerospace Electronics Forum. Both shows will share an exhibit floor, but have two separate conferences. The sponsors are Avionics Intelligence and Military & Aerospace Electronics magazine.

To exhibit at Avionics USA 2009 contact Jeff Gallagher in the U.S. by phone at 603-891-9147 or by e-mail at jeffg@pennwell.com. For International accounts contact Gareth Watkins at by phone at +44 (0) 1992 656 672 or by e-mail at garethw@pennwell.com. The Avionics USA Website is at www.avionics-usa.com. The Military & Aerospace Electronics Forum Website is at http://www.milaeroforum.com.