ATM Modernization

WAAS Milestone: Cat I Equivalence

The U.S. Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) has been approved for instrument approaches down to 200 feet above ground level (AGL), giving it equivalence to Cat I ILS. In March, FAA's GPS…

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See and Avoid in IMC

At A Glance: We discuss several NASA technologies that could help to enable "see and avoid" under IFR conditions: -- Autonomous flight rules; -- Cockpit display of traffic     information with conflict…

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UAVs in Europe: When Will They File and Fly?

At A Glance: Europe, in collaboration with the U.S., is forging a path toward integration of UAVs into civil airspace. We discuss: -- Sense-and-avoid issues, -- Regulatory challenges, and -- UK developments.…

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Safety: Where’s Redundancy?

Together with recent reports of screens going blank in the cockpit, this story does not inspire lasting or fervent confidence in automation. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) headlines its recent report…

Military

A400M Advances: Taking Off From the A380

Avionics development for Europe's military airlifter is accelerating. While the A400M baselines much Airbus A380 technology, it adds new flight and mission systems. At A Glance: While the A400M will reuse systems…

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Editor's Note: ADS-B and the Road Ahead

The wheels move slowly in the air traffic control (ATC) world: the current radar-based surveillance infrastructure used in the National Airspace System (NAS) has been in place for some 50 years. That's…

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ADS-B Launch: Performance-Based Strategy

In early June 2006 the FAA's senior-level Joint Resources Council (JRC) approved Administrator Marion Blakey's choice of automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) technology for next-generation surveillance in the National Airspace System (NAS). JRC…

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Calendar

Calendar July 17-23 Farnborough International Airshow, Farnborough Airport, England. Call +44 (0) 20 7976 3330 or visit www.farnborough.com. 18-20 A course on practical vibration and shock testing, measurement, analysis and calibration, Cascade…