ATM Modernization

Editor's Note: Drones in Airspace

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a drone? FAA moved closer to allowing unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), commonly and ominously called drones in mainstream media, into U.S. airspace. In March, the…

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Industry Scan

Saab Sensis Builds on ASDE-X Photo courtesy Saab Sensis Saab Sensis announced a series of contract awards and system deployments for airport surveillance and precision approach systems in recent months, following the…

Commercial

Snake Pit Superior

An AH-1Z Cobra with the Aviation Combat Element of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit hovers above the USS Makin Island in the first shipboard deployment of the attack helicopter.   Photo courtesy U.S.…

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Single European Sky

Like their U.S. counterparts, European nations are engaged in an intense airspace modernization initiative aimed at bringing operational efficiencies, cleaner skies and financial benefits to operators. The technological and regulatory challenges are…

Business & GA

Product Focus: Lighting

In December Boeing delivered a 737 Boeing Sky Interior to Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA, the airline’s 18th 737-800 with the interior. The system includes the B/E Aerospace LED cabin lighting system, featuring…

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New Products

Micro-Miniature Connector Amphenol Aerospace, of Sidney, N.Y., offers a series of rugged, micro-miniature connectors that provide more power throughput and consistent coupling by incorporating more electrical connections in compact form factor. They…

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Going ‘Pro’ Active

How would you define a “professional?” Is it someone who holds an advanced degree? Or is it more of an attitude, a state of mind, someone who maintains a radar lock on…

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AEEC in Anchorage

The Airlines Electronic Engineering Committee (AEEC) is heading north to Anchorage for the upcoming AEEC General Session April 30-May 3. The Alaska state motto is most fitting for this meeting: “North to…