ATM ModernizationScan RNP Ops at Queenstown Air New Zealand (ANZ) is working with Airbus and Naverus, a Seattle-based firm specializing in performance navigation, to gain special Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) approval for its A320…
MilitaryAll New Warthog The U.S. Air Force's A/OA-10 Thunderbolt II has never been regarded as a pretty aircraft--ergo its nickname, Warthog, and its pilots' nicknames, Hog drivers. And the largest-ever A/OA-10 modernization program, currently in…
Business & GAProduct Focus: Cable and Wire: From Commodity to System Aircraft wiring is like the body's nervous and circulatory systems combined, distributing power, signals and data throughout the platform. It is the foundation upon which avionics functions are built. Even the flight…
ATM ModernizationCalendar December 14-15 RNAV and Beyond, a course sponsored by Helios Information Services at the Flemings Mayfair Hotel, London, UK. Contact Helios Information Services, phone +44 207 340 1610, fax +44 207 828…
ATM ModernizationEditor’s Note: Talk of Change And a Goodbye ARINC's Oishi set the tone for this year's Airline Elecronic Engineering Committee (AEEC) meeting when, in his welcoming remarks in the event's pocket guide, he noted the many changes taking place in…
ATM ModernizationEmpathetic Avionics: The Pilot as an Avionics System Pilots of the future may activate decision support aids with their brains rather than their fingers. Like an avionics system, they may communicate with the aircraft electrically via brain signals. Impossible as…
CommercialFOQA: Training Tool, And More Flight operations quality assurance (FOQA) started in Europe, but has take root in North America and Asia, enhancing safety and reducing costs for numerous airlines. The practice, moreover, is endorsed not only…
ATM ModernizationInput/Output: Cost of ADS-B: A First Take Automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) looks to be the future of surveillance in the National Airspace System (NAS). Although FAA has announced only a preliminary decision, ADS-B is a good bet--sooner rather than…
ATM ModernizationNew Products LED Lighting Emteq Cabin and Lighting Systems, New Berlin, Wis., has announced its patent-pending Fluorescent Tube Replacement, which allows operators to replace the fluorescent tubes in their aircraft with light emitting diode…
ATM ModernizationPeople Wolfe, Vick, Daniels Landmark Aviation, formerly Garrett/Piedmont Hawthorne/Associated, recently named Roger Wolfe as its chief executive officer (CEO) and Shawn Vick as its president. Frank Klaus announced in September his retirement as…