ATM ModernizationEditor's Note: The Truly Electric Aircraft We enter 2002 with bittersweet feelings. This is the year prior to the 100th anniversary of powered flight and the year after the worst 12 months in commercial aviation history. In our…
ATM ModernizationSpecial Report: Outlook 2002: Battered, Beaten But Still Seeing Growth Not that long ago, the air transport market faced an economic downturn but was bolstered by the strong sales of commuter/regional jets. The business aircraft market was riding the crest of the…
ATM ModernizationOutlook 2002: Technologies to Watch in 2002 The nightmarish events of Sept. 11 have prompted sweeping changes in aviation security. After much debate, the U.S. Congress in November 2001 passed and the President signed legislation that mandates a new…
ATM ModernizationPeople Teledyne Controls: New Officials Teledyne Controls recently announced staff promotions and new employees. The Los Angeles-based company promoted Matthew Wing to senior marketing manager-data link programs and Keith Lockwood to director of…
ATM ModernizationNew Products Test Set Catalog IFR Systems Inc., Wichita, Kan., has published a new product catalog, covering the company’s line-up of wireless radio test sets. The catalog includes specs on test sets that cover…
Business & GATwo Options in Bizjets Upgrades At the 1999 National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) conference and exhibition, Honeywell unveiled its Primus Epic CDS/R (Control Display System/Retrofit). It extended to corporate operators of older aircraft the latest avionics technology…
ATM ModernizationSafety in Avionics: Kudos for TCAS Stance The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has taken a significant step toward the oft-proclaimed theology of a "single level of safety" that should greatly help reduce the threat of mid-air collisions. Traffic alert…
ATM ModernizationIndustry Scan Notebook for Lauda Air Austria’s Lauda Air has selected Itronix Corp.’s X-C6250Pro and GoBook notebook computers for the carrier’s maintenance program. The wireless mobile PCs’ data broadcasting feature makes them usable in…