ATM ModernizationPerspectives: Data Link In Europe: An Overview Today most air traffic control (ATC) data link services in Europe are based on ACARS, a technology designed for airline operational communications over the VHF band. Departure clearance, digital automatic terminal information…
ATM ModernizationQ&A: Alex Hendriks RNAV/RNP: Eurocontrol's Vision Europe, with its multiple states, diverse airspace and projected 6 percent annual growth in air traffic, poses a difficult air traffic management (ATM) challenge. Eurocontrol, the senior body charged…
ATM ModernizationSafety: Weather Radar: A Cautionary Tale This is a tale of the best avionics in the world being used incorrectly and therefore ineffectively. The story concerns weather radar and begins with the object lesson: All of the flight…
ATM ModernizationScan NASA Demos Enhanced and Synthetic Vision NASA recently demonstrated BAE Systems' enhanced vision system (EVS) technology on a head-up display (HUD) in the agency's B757 test bed aircraft. BAE showed the ability…
CommercialStandards to Tie Fiber Optics Together Optical fiber will have a bright future in military aviation. It offers high bandwidth, light weight and immunity from electromagnetic interference. It was deployed on the AV-8B decades ago, it's used on…
MilitaryUnique Display: Putting OZ to the Test In October 2003 Avionics Magazine reported on OZ, a revolutionary flight instrument display concept developed at the University of West Florida's (UWF's) Institute for Human and Machine Cognition at Pensacola. Since our…
CommercialUnited Airlines: Reinventing Support Services Only now emerging from a bankruptcy filing three years ago, the world's second-largest airline--United Airlines--is betting that one element of its strategy for future prosperity will be a successful avionics troubleshooting and…
CommercialB787 Cockpit: Boeing’s Bold Move It is the most integrated, most supplier-based cockpit, using the largest display system and the most open architecture of any commercial aircraft developed by Boeing. The B787 flight deck also represents a…