Business & GA

People

Heinen, Flourens Airbus has appointed Mario Heinen as senior vice president and head of the A380 program. He formerly led the A320 single aisle program. Alain Flourens, who was previously executive vice…

Business & GA

Industry Scan

DARPA, U.S. Air Force Advance Automated Refueling The goal of autonomous air-to-air refueling, a critical enabler for long-range, persistent unmanned strike and surveillance capability, moved closer to reality with the first autonomous…

ATM Modernization

Perspective: FMS Standards

Area navigation, or RNAV, is one of the cornerstones of the future air traffic system as envisaged by both the FAA and the Joint Program Development Office's Next Generation Air Transportation System…

Business & GA

New Products

Cabin Communications Newport News, Va.-based International Communications Group (ICG) has introduced its AeroCom 1100, a cabin telecommunications unit that supplies a package of automated telephone, fax and data services for small and…

ATM Modernization

What is RTSP?

At A Glance: Required total system performance (RTSP) is more than an abstraction. It is a concept of growing importance in air traffic management (ATM) as designers plan how to accommodate traffic…

Commercial

Safety: Garbage In, Accident Out

It was a terrible wipe-out accident, in which the Boeing 747 freighter experienced a tail scrape on takeoff, ran off the end of the runway, collided with an earthen berm capped with…

ATM Modernization

Satcom: Broadband in the Cabin

At A Glance: Despite the demise of Connexion, there is still demand for broadband and near- broadband connectivity. We discuss: Service providers, including Inmarsat, ARINC, OnAir, AeroMobile, Satcom Direct and AirCell; and…

ATM Modernization

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C-130, KC-10 to Get Avionics Upgrades Boeing has received contracts to be a part of two teams conducting modernization programs for separate U.S. Air Force aircraft-the C-130 and KC-10. Under a USAF…