ATM Modernization

Editor's Note: Real Or Imagined?

Is progress toward the 2025 vision of the Next Generation Air Transportation System real or imagined? That, in so many words, was the surprising question asked of me as I filed to…

ATM Modernization

Industry Scan

Commercial FAA Response FAA executives on April 6 outlined steps they are taking in response to the RTCA NextGen Mid-Term Implementation Task Force recommendations, and pledged ongoing engagement with industry. In a…

ATM Modernization

People

Stefan Hansen Lufthansa Systems named Stefan Hansen as CEO and chairman of the Executive Board for a three-year term. He will succeed Wolfgang F. W. Gohde. Hansen began his career in 1990…

ATM Modernization

Calendar

May 3-5 Navy League Sea-Air-Space Exposition, Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center, National Harbor, Md. Visit www.seaairspace.org. 4-6 European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (EBACE), Geneva PALEXPO and Geneva International Airport, Geneva,…

ATM Modernization

SESAR’s Business Balance

While operators and industry in the United States are coming to terms with the transformation of air traffic management embodied in the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen), their European counterparts are…

Military

Cyclone Search

The first CH148 Cyclone arrived at Canadian Forces Base Shearwater, Nova Scotia, in February to begin cold weather testing and sea trials for the Canadian Maritime Helicopter Project (MHP). Starting this November,…

Commercial

Honeywell ADIRS Selects for A320, A380

Honeywell's Air Data Inertial Reference System (ADIRS) was has been selected as the standard inertial reference system for the Airbus A320, A330/A340 and A380 families, the company announced Friday. The ADIRS provides…

Commercial

ACSS Submits Transponder for TSO Approval

ACSS is seeking FAA certification to make its XS-950 Air Transport Data Link (ATDL) Mode S Transponder DO-260B capable (TSO c166b), the company announced Tuesday. ACSS, a joint venture between L-3 Communications…