It was quietly disclosed, with little fanfare. Had you not read an article by Charles Keegan, vice president, operations planning, with FAA's Air Traffic Organization, in an RTCA newsletter, you probably wouldn't…
Keeping Safety in Mind I want to comment on your Safety column in the June 2005 issue (page 65) titled "Perils of Single-Point Failures." Let me begin by saying that occasionally, when…
At a recent conference on spectrum management, John Kneuer, deputy assistant secretary of Commerce for communications and information, outlined initiatives by the federal spectrum management agency to forward the Bush administration's agenda…
Passenger Map Display Rockwell Collins, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has unveiled its new Hi-Focus maps for its Airshow 4200 moving map and information system. In addition to the aircraft's flight path, these new…
Klein, Rewitzer Achim Klein, an engineer, has been named president of Rohde & Schwarz Vertriebs GmbH, based in Munich. Klein is responsible for the sales of all Rohde & Schwarz radiocommunications products.Herbert…
A convergence of technology trends will change the operational and design characteristics of modern radios, increasing certification challenges. First is software defined radio (SDR), which allows much of what was done on…
With every new terrorist incident, the drive to adapt military laser jammers to passenger jets accelerates [October 2005, page 38]. A program, managed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), is…
EVS Display Skyquest Aviation, Maidenhead, UK, recently launched a 4-inch cockpit liquid crystal display designed for use with an enhanced vision system (EVS). It can show either PAL (phase alternation line) or…