ATM ModernizationUAVs 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.…
ATM ModernizationSafety: 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…
MilitaryA400M 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…
ATM ModernizationEditor'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…
ATM ModernizationADS-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…
ATM ModernizationCalendar June 22-23 RNAV and Beyond, a course sponsored by Helios Information Services at Flemings Mayfair Hotel, London, UK. Contact Helios, phone +44 207 340 1610, fax +44 207 828 6439, e-mail events@corporateteam.com…
Business & GAEditor’s Note: Hold the Cell Phones? The prospect of in-flight cell phone communications seems to be growing more likely. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) set the wheels in motion in 2004 by proposing to withdraw its ban…
ATM ModernizationEurope's Vision of Future Avionics At A Glance: As part of a wider issue focusing on the future Overall ATM/communications, navigation and surveillance (CNS) Target Architecture (OATA), Eurocontrol has released an avionics study targeting three time frames:…
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