ATM ModernizationFeedback 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…
ATM ModernizationInput/Output: NTIA Spotlights Spectrum Sharing 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…
ATM ModernizationEditor’s Note: UAVs and RNP How urgent is the need to find ways to incorporate unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) into the national airspace system (NAS)? Read Holman Jenkins' column in the Aug. 24 issue of the Wall…
CommercialF-35 Integrated Sensor Suite: Lethal Combination At A Glance The targeting sensors in the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter are designed to assure that the pilot concentrates on the combat environment, not on the onboard systems. The prime contractor,…
ATM ModernizationIn-Flight Cell Phones At A Glance European advocates of onboard cell phoning hope to obtain licenses in 2006. In this article we examine the state of play regarding: Certification challenges and interference mitigation technologies such…
ATM ModernizationInput/Output: Learning from UAV Mishaps The explosion of interest in unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) has focused attention on their high accident rate--several orders of magnitude greater than that of manned aircraft. The U.S. Defense Department's 2003 "UAV…
ATM ModernizationNew Products 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…
ATM ModernizationPeople Farley, Palmeri Meggitt/S-Tec, Mineral Springs, Texas, has promoted Kyle Farley to vice president of operations and hired Trevor Palmeri as vice president of programs and customer support. Farley, who joined S-Tec in…