ATM ModernizationPerspectives: Accelerating Free Flight Imagine never again experiencing a flight delay. Imagine flying from point A to point B via the most direct route possible. Impossible? Not really. We all know that the technology to enable…
Business & GAProduct Focus: Inmarsat Swift64 Expands Inmarsat’s 11-month-old Swift64 high-speed data service, based on the Inmarsat-3 constellation, has carved out a niche in government and corporate aviation. As of December, more than 100 terminals apparently had been sold,…
Business & GAChips That Think: RF Design In the 1980s radio frequency (RF) engineers developed microwave and millimeter-wave integrated circuits that revolutionized the reliability and controllability of RF systems, while significantly reducing their size and cost. But now a…
ATM ModernizationSafety: Safety vs. Entertainment There is a saying in the nation’s capital that "money is policy." Which is to say, ignore all the declaratory political rhetoric and look to the hard numbers in the government budget.…
ATM ModernizationIndustry Scan New Washington Area TRACON A new terminal radar approach control (TRACON) facility that consolidates five TRACONs in the Washington-Baltimore area began operation in late 2002. The Potomac Consolidated TRACON in Warrenton, Va.,…
Business & GAPrecision and Flexibility, Too Precision, accuracy, stability – these are what a pilot wants in a precision instrument approach. The instrument landing system (ILS) has provided these qualities for years; however, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)…
ATM ModernizationNav Canada Towers–Big and Small Of all the ground facilities in aviation’s total infrastructure, few are more interesting than airport control towers. Whether serving smaller communities or large metroplexes, airport towers provide one of the best close-up…
ATM ModernizationSystem Design: Evaporating Data Recently, we have seen evidence in our shop of a disturbing fault trend that merits wider discussion in the avionics community. My coworkers and I happen to be involved in a great…
Editor's NoteCalendar February 19-20 Asian Airports 2003, Sheraton Towers Hotel, Singapore. Contact the Asia Business Forum, phone +65 6536 8676, fax +65 6536 4356 or visit www.abf-asia.com. 19-21 The Engineer in Transition to Management,…
Business & GAThe All-Digital, All-Weather Helicopter The European rotorcraft manufacturer, Eurocopter, has employed the first all-digital helicopter for a program it calls the All-Weather Helicopter (AWH). Expanding the capabilities of a highly sophisticated EC-155B1, Eurocopter is evaluating the…