Commercial

Editor’s Note: Europe United

My favorite textbook from college, "A Diplomatic History of the American People," is interspersed with political cartoons from our combative past that variously depicted Europeans as pompous, petulant, fractious and quarrelsome. Today,…

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Industry Scan

CEO ‘Frustrated’ With NextGen Transition Below are excerpts of a speech given by Clayton M. Jones, chairman and CEO of Rockwell Collins, at a RTCA symposium March 14 in Washington, D.C. When…

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People

Teri G. Marconi Northrop Grumman named Teri G. Marconi vice president of the combat avionics business unit for its Electronic Systems sector. Marconi will have executive responsibility for the company’s combat avionics…

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Calendar

May 21-24 Regional Airline Association (RAA) Annual Convention, Memphis Marriott Downtown, Memphis, Tenn. Contact RAA, phone 202-367-1170 or visit www.raa.org. 21-24 World Airline Entertainment Association (WAEA) Conference and Educational Workshops, Zurich Marriott,…

Military

New Sensors are Force Multipliers

The global war on terrorism, shoulder-fired rockets and threats the military hasn’t even thought of yet are in part helping drive advances in sensor technologies. Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin and BAE…

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Europe Moves on Datalink

The day when pilots and air traffic controllers in Europe can bid farewell to routine voice messaging — for sector handovers, ATC clearances and the like — is coming closer as datalink…

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A Single Solution To ADS-B?

The move by FAA to "performance-based" contracting, where the end product is the certifiable goal, and the means to reach it is not rigidly specified, has both advantages and disadvantages. The advantages…

Business & GA

Electronic Flight Bags: Applications Abound

As Electronic Flight Bags (EFBs) have gained acceptance as valued flight deck components, the range of applications they host is proliferating. From their early utility of displaying reference documents such as aircraft…