CommercialQ&A: Forging Consensus On Future Airspace Margaret T. Jenny last month completed her first year as president of RTCA, Inc., a private, not-for-profit corporation that develops consensus-based recommendations for aviation communications, navigation, surveillance and air-traffic management. She succeeded…
CommercialAircraft Talking When American Airlines Flight 309 left LaGuardia Airport in New York bound for Chicago O’Hare the morning of March 11, 2009, no one knew engine number two was doomed to fail just…
CommercialSpecial Report: Test Equipment Portable test equipment, with its ability to improve safety and on-time performance for commercial and military aircraft, is a key component of any operator’s maintenance shop. Capitalizing on advances in consumer technology,…
Business & GAProduct Focus: In-Flight Entertainment Airline customer surveys show that the number one in-flight entertainment (IFE) request from passengers is onboard connectivity that lets them use their own personal devices, such as iPods, BlackBerries and laptop computers.…
ATM ModernizationNew Products 38999 Series Connector ITT Interconnect Solutions has developed a 38999 connector for both RF and signal contacts. Designated the 38999 Series, the connector supports up to 128 contacts, features EMI shielding and…
ATM ModernizationSensis ADSE-X Operational at Newark Airport Surface Detection Equipment, Model X (ASDE-X) system from Sensis, based in Syracuse, N.Y., is now operational at Newark Liberty International Airport. ASDE-X, a runway incursion detection and alerting system, is now operational at 18…
MilitaryLockheed Martin Test Bed Gets FAA OK An intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) test bed from Lockheed Martin received an Experimental Air Worthiness Certificate from FAA. The company said its Airborne Multi-Intelligence Laboratory (AML), which is a reconfigured Gulfstream III business…
CommercialCSSI Awarded RVSM Contract CSSI, based in Washington, D.C., was awarded a five-year, $9.5 million contract to work with FAA and ICAO on vertical, lateral and longitudinal separation standards for air traffic. Under the contract, CSSI…
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