ATM ModernizationADS-B’s Global Advance Earlier this year, in Anchorage, Alaska, a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)-sponsored international conference on advanced aviation technologies heard speakers from the United States, Australia, Sweden and Russia. They described advancements under way…
Business & GACabin Security On Oct. 27, 2003, the UK Department for Transport (DfT) clarified its directive that all UK airlines install a means of visually monitoring the area outside of the flight deck. In a…
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Business & GAEditor’s Note: How Secure? How Isolated? How isolated should pilots be while in the cockpit? Put another way, how aware should pilots be of activities in the cabin area behind them? This has been a key question ever…
MilitaryHUD/EVS: Beyond Infrared The Sensors Directorate has planned data collection exercises and analyses to help decide which modes to develop under AALC's sensors option. The directorate's approach to 3D would estimate an object's height by…
Business & GAIridium, Comeback Kid The products built by the VAMs are tailored to a variety of airborne applications, with unit sizes ranging from 2 MCU (modular concept unit) to three-eighths ATR (air transport racking). The products…
ATM ModernizationNew Products Electronic Flight Bag New from CMC Electronics Inc., Montreal, is a second-generation electronic flight bag (EFB) designed to bridge the gap between low-end PC tablets and high-end Class 3 EFBs. Based on…
ATM ModernizationPeople Ganase, President Aviation Communication and Surveillance Systems (ACSS), a joint venture between L-3 Communications and Thales, has named Kris Ganase as its president. Prior to joining ACSS in 2001, he was vice…
ATM ModernizationPerspectives: New Era For a New Loran In the last several years, while the United States migrated away from a sole-means GPS approach to critical infrastructure operations, Loran has changed, as well. It has rapidly evolved into a modern…