ATM ModernizationEditor's Note: Synthetic Vision: Time for Standards Synthetic vision (SV), the database-driven presentation of terrain outside the cockpit, is gaining momentum. Avionics magazine has described development work by Rockwell Collins, Honeywell, BAE Systems (with partner Nav3D) and Boeing. We…
ATM ModernizationCarriers Advance RNP As Standards Evolve The desire to free aviation from dependence on fixed routes defined by ground-based navaids--a concept known as free flight--has produced technologies that permit more direct flights from point to point and a…
ATM ModernizationNew Products Snythetic + Enhanced Vision Kollsman plans to introduce an Enhanced Synthetic Vision System (ESViS) product, combining infrared (IR) inputs and database-derived terrain imagery, as early as 2007. The idea is to provide…
ATM ModernizationAvionics Outlook 2006: Rising Expectations Optimism--ranging from cautious to near euphoric, depending on the market sector--is blossoming in the civil aviation marketplace. Despite escalating oil prices, ongoing instability in the Middle East, and a slight slowdown in…
ATM ModernizationEditor’s Note: Talk of Change And a Goodbye ARINC's Oishi set the tone for this year's Airline Elecronic Engineering Committee (AEEC) meeting when, in his welcoming remarks in the event's pocket guide, he noted the many changes taking place in…
ATM ModernizationEmpathetic Avionics: The Pilot as an Avionics System Pilots of the future may activate decision support aids with their brains rather than their fingers. Like an avionics system, they may communicate with the aircraft electrically via brain signals. Impossible as…
CommercialFOQA: Training Tool, And More Flight operations quality assurance (FOQA) started in Europe, but has take root in North America and Asia, enhancing safety and reducing costs for numerous airlines. The practice, moreover, is endorsed not only…
ATM ModernizationInput/Output: Cost of ADS-B: A First Take Automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) looks to be the future of surveillance in the National Airspace System (NAS). Although FAA has announced only a preliminary decision, ADS-B is a good bet--sooner rather than…