Editor's Note New Products Oscillator Fox Electonics, Fort Myers, Fla., claims to have the world’s smallest oscillator. The new F330 series measures 0.126 by 0.1 by 0.047 inches (3.2…
Editor's Note Perspectives: RNP: Foundation for ATM Efficiency In July 2002, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced its commitment to implementing required navigation performance (RNP) airspace and procedures throughout the U.S. National Airspace…
ATM Modernization Safety: ETOPS Revisited Electrically related in-flight fires may be a greater threat to the safety of long-range flights than engine failures. A new report on extended twin-engine operations…
Business & GA The All-Digital, All-Weather Helicopter The European rotorcraft manufacturer, Eurocopter, has employed the first all-digital helicopter for a program it calls the All-Weather Helicopter (AWH). Expanding the capabilities of a…
ATM Modernization Editor's Note: The Drumbeat Grows Louder The drumbeat for more efficient air traffic management (ATM) and use of airspace grows louder and increasingly zealous. The final report from the Commission on…
ATM Modernization Feedback Lost from the Start Thanks for your editorial and list of acronyms in the December 2002 Avionics Magazine (page 27). As a young engineer in…