Business & GA

Synthetic Vision

The key argument for synthetic vision systems (SVS) has always been safety. The technology, which delivers real-time, color 3-D imagery of the terrain outside the aircraft to the pilot, is broadly praised…

ATM Modernization

New Products

iPad App Flight Display Systems, based in Alpharetta, Ga., introduced and installed an Android software application for use with its Select Cabin Management System (CMS). The application allows passengers to control all…

Editor's Note

Perspectives: ATM Automation

As traffic levels in civil aviation continue to increase, the possibility of keeping up with capacity in Air Traffic Management (ATM) by simply applying “more of the same” is faltering. The antidote,…

ATM Modernization

Editor’s Note: UAS Integration

With FAA expected to issue a proposed rule this summer that would govern operation of small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in the National Airspace System (NAS), work is picking up on a…

ATM Modernization

Industry Scan

BUSINESS/GA iPad2 Flight Test Jeppesen announced in March that it completed rapid decompression testing of an Apple iPad 2 tablet computer. The test was completed to an altitude of 51,000 feet, proving…

ATM Modernization

People

Monte Belger Metron Aviation, of Dulles, Va., appointed Monte Belger vice president of Industry Relations. Belger most recently served as vice president of transportation system solutions for Lockheed Martin. Belger worked for…

ATM Modernization

Calendar

May 2-5 16th Annual International Symposium on Aviation Psychology, Wright State University and Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio. Visit www.wright.edu/isap. 10-12 Integrated Communications Navigation and Surveillance (ICNS) Conference, Westin Washington…

ATM Modernization

Wheels Up For SESAR

In Europe, the future shape of air-traffic management (ATM) is becoming visible today. All over the extended continent, aircraft operators are seeing temporal, financial and environmental benefits from trials of controlled descent…