Business & GASafety in Avionics: Wiring Safety: Progress or Procrastination? A White House task force report on aircraft wiring can be looked at two ways. One is that it stands as a promise of real progress. The other is that it represents…
ATM ModernizationIndustry Scan Thomson-CSF No More The Thomson-CSF name, which has been dominant in the aerospace arena since 1968, has been dropped for that of a mathematician and philosopher born around 624 B.C. The company…
ATM ModernizationSpecial Report: Ultra Wideband: Killer App or App Killer? In a world ravenous for radio frequencies, a tantalizing telecommunications technology promises to deliver revolutionary wireless applications without further congesting the spectrum. The wonder’s name is ultra-wideband (UWB). Its champions say it…
ATM ModernizationSpecial Report: UWB: A Wakeup Call to GPS Users Some ultra-wideband (UWB) proponents say UWB is poised to change the world. USA Today, New York Times, and the Chicago Tribune have touted the benefits of this intriguing technology. USA Today went…
ATM ModernizationAnother Big Step Forward for ADB-B It was an overcast October night at the Louisville (Ky.) Standford Field when five Boeing 727 freighters lined up for departure on the airport’s runway 35R. Four were owned by United Parcel…
CommercialAvionics System Design: Customer Service: It's Cool Certainly, nobody requests bad service. But it is not surprising these days to get it. Between voice mail connected to deep space, the helpful suggestion to go back and "read the manual,"…
ATM ModernizationProduct Focus: Air Traffic Control Switches Most people think of a switch as something small and simple–something that can be manipulated by a finger. Not so in an air traffic control (ATC) center. The ground-based megaswitches for ATC…
Business & GAATN and the Reluctance to Accept the Inevitable The Aeronautical Telecommunications Network (ATN) will shoulder no small amount of responsibility. Quite simply, it is being developed to interconnect all operational components of civil aviation, both air and ground, through a…
ATM ModernizationEditor's Note: How Far Will ATC Privatization Go? It appears the United Kingdom will carry through with the partial privatization of its National Air Traffic Services (NATS) organization. Will the United States do the same with the Federal Aviation Administration’s…
ATM ModernizationFeedback Definitely Not First An article titled "Resourceful Rafale" appeared in the September 2000 issue of Avionics Magazine (page 16) and included the following statement on page 21: "The Thomson-CSF SB25A is said…