MilitaryMILS Operating Systems: Safety and Security At A Glance: Protecting multiple levels of sensitive data on U.S. military aircraft today requires duplicative hardware--a costly and inefficient solution. We describe an alternative approach, using commercial-based software and cover: The…
ATM ModernizationSafety: Descent to Disaster The approach mode was never armed, and as a result, neither the localizer nor the glide slope was captured. The captain, who was the pilot flying, spent the approach attempting to capture…
ATM ModernizationNew Products Web-Based Flight Tracking ADS and Satamatics, UK and U.S. satcom companies, have launched a low-overhead flight following and messaging service called SAT 111. Based on Inmarsat's satellite network, SAT 111 is being…
CommercialPeople Charles Keegan Former vice president-operations planning for FAA, Charles Keegan, has joined Raytheon Co. as director of strategic development, airspace management and homeland security (AMHS). He reports to Andrew Zogg, AMHS vice…
ATM ModernizationPerspectives: How Avionics Redefined Rotorcraft Design In the early days of rotorcraft development, avionics and systems had a limited role in aircraft design. Essentially, the helicopter was an airframe and one or more engines. Early flight control systems…
ATM ModernizationQ&A: Matt Zuccaro: Rotorcraft Safety, Katrina and ADS-B In the aviation menagerie, the helicopter is clearly a different animal. It performs many functions that other air vehicles cannot--for example, landing on offshore oil rigs. Rotorcraft are particularly beneficial during rescue…
ATM ModernizationSafety: Electrickery and Nil Redundancy The flight crew lost nearly all of their instrument displays and used both visual and standby horizons at night for attitude reference until the unexplained electrical failure resolved itself. Then, instead of…
ATM ModernizationScan First Public RNP Approach On Dec. 20, 2005, FAA demonstrated to the press the first public U.S. required navigation performance (RNP) approach--at Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA). Alaska Airlines started employing the…