MilitaryNATO's Nine-Way Enhanced AWACS The Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) fleet has served as a surveillance aircraft for the North Atlantic Treaty Association (NATO) for close to 20 years. The Boeing E-3 Sentry (B707 airframe)…
ATM ModernizationE-Commerce: What It Is, How to Claim It When hype surrounds a new technology, skepticism often follows. And the non-stop buzz of E-commerce, indeed, has drawn its skeptics. But it has lured its avid proponents as well, who have entered—and…
ATM ModernizationEditor's Note: E-Commerce in Large Scale In this issue, Joseph P. McCormack reports that, in the avionics industry, Website establishment has become universal, however, the adoption of E-commerce or, more broadly, E-business has so-far gained "mixed" reaction (see…
ATM ModernizationFeedback Kudos to the Supplier I enjoyed reading in the January Editor’s Note (page 4) Capt. Bill Watts’ remarks concerning standardization for the future cockpit. The example sited, steam gauges on a glass…
ATM ModernizationDo We Really Need ICAO? It’s still surprising. When aviation people—particularly those in the United States—discuss regulatory issues, one question often comes up: Why does the U.S. need the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)? After all, some…
ATM ModernizationNew Products 3ATI Display Planar Systems Inc. has released a new 3ATI active matrix liquid crystal display (AMLCD) designed especially for rigorous avionics applications. The 3ATI can be used for flight deck instruments in…
ATM ModernizationPeople Airbus of North America: Courpron, President and COO Henri Courpron, senior vice president of sales and marketing will advance to become president and chief operating officer of Airbus Industrie of North America…
ATM ModernizationSafety in Avionics: Blindly Following the Computer A highly-automated cock-pit can lull aircrews into a false sense of security. It actually can make pilots more prone to errors in certain situations, specifically when the computer is pumping out blatantly…
ATM ModernizationIndustry Scan World War II Bomber Sports Modern Avionics Those of you who plan to attend Sun N’ Fun 2000 in Lakeland, Fla., in April are in for a treat. The Experimental Aircraft Association…
Business & GACan PRM and TCAS Work Together? A Pilot’s View: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) commissioned a precision runway monitoring (PRM) installation at Minneapolis last year. It allows terminal controllers to operate simultaneous, independent instrument landing system (ILS) approaches…