MilitaryAirliner Missile Defense: At What Cost? The November 2002 attack on an Israeli airliner, though unsuccessful, brought home to the U.S. Congress the possibility of a grave new threat to commercial aviation: shoulder-fired ground-to-air missiles. About three-quarters of…
ATM ModernizationAllowing CPDLS to Blossom You can't keep a good man down, the saying goes—and the same appears to be true with a good technology. Hit with budget constraints, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has had to…
Editor's NoteCalendar May 10-13 Smart Sensor Systems 2004, a course taught in English at Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands. Contact the Sensors Web Portal, phone, in North America, 416-233-4546 or in Europe,…
ATM ModernizationFeedback Maintenance and Missile Defense I enjoyed reading your Editor’s Note in the February 2004 issue titled “No Overnight Missile Defense.” And I understand the issues involved in protecting civilian airliners. A point…