Business & GAMultilateration: Radar’s Replacement? Multilateration sounds like something you did in high school math, but have long since forgotten. But no, you didn’t, and no, you haven’t. Multilateration, or MLat, is the latest thing coming down…
Business & GAADS-B in the Gulf While not renowned for its speed in implementing programs, FAA is working quickly to replace the nation’s aging, radar-based air traffic control system with one based on Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B). Helicopter…
Business & GAWide Bodies, Big Screens The new generation of widebody, long-range aircraft, including the Boeing 777 and the superjumbo Airbus A380, is spurring a new generation of in-flight entertainment (IFE) systems designed to offer more options for…
Business & GAProduct Focus: Antennas New antenna and broadband technologies are bringing new capabilities and new scope to in-flight communications and entertainment systems. Business travel used to mean putting some tasks on hold while in flight. Such…
Business & GANew Products Umbilical Contract W. L. Gore & Associates won a contract to provide its Umbilical Assemblies for the A-10 Precision Engagement Kit by Lockheed Martin. This is the second contract awarded to Gore…
Business & GAPerspectives: Security and the Separation Kernel Historically, avionics systems have largely been designed to fit a single application need, such as an attitude indicator or central warning system. The software-intense designs of today’s avionics systems are quite a…
Business & GAEditor’s Note: Avionics Acquisitions What’s happening in the avionics industry? Just two months into 2007 and already $5.5 billion in acquisitions had been closed or announced. Aircraft components supplier TransDigm Group purchased Aviation Technologies for $430…
ATM ModernizationIndustry Scan Chew: ATO Hitting Targets Russell G. Chew came to FAA in 2003 to head the agency’s first "performance-based" Air Traffic Organization (ATO). His recent departure came in the midst of the critical…