ATM ModernizationInput/Output: Another Look at JPDO As travelers prepare for a summer of holding patterns and flight delays, what would they think of the scenario, 20 years from now, if nothing is done to modernize air traffic management…
ATM ModernizationNew Products Accelerometer Jewell Instruments, Manchester, N.H., has released a new series of compact accelerometers. The LSM accelerometers are approximately 1-inch (2.5-cm) cubes that can be used in radar leveling, fire control and autopilot…
ATM ModernizationPeople Jeffrey Dodson BAE Systems has appointed Jeffrey Dodson its vice president of security for its Information & Electronic Systems Integration sector in Nashua, N.H. He will be responsible for security operations, sensitive…
Business & GAPerspectives: Software Specs: The Next Step Software is taking on larger, more complex aviation tasks and is playing an increasingly larger role in aviation safety. Its development also is evolving. Software developers need updated materials to help them…
ATM ModernizationProduct Focus: Evolution of DFDAUs Avionics evolve. And in true Darwinian fashion, they often can become extinct--at least as hardware. That probably will be the case with flight data acquisition units (FDAUs). FAA's notice of proposed rulemaking…
Business & GAQ&A: Col. Paul Croisetiere: Future Heavy Lift for the Marine Corps In Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. military's largest helicopter dutifully performs its assault support missions in a hostile and austere environment, and often at high altitudes. Indeed, with 55-troop and more than…
CommercialSafety: Mode Confusion, Timidity Factors Ever since computers and airplanes came together, modal confusion and pilot perplexity have gone hand in hand. Now and again, they hook up with grave consequences. Case in point is the Jan.…
ATM ModernizationScan Maps for A400Ms Airbus Military SL has contracted EADS Defence Electronics to equip the A400M military transport aircraft with a digital map generator system. The system will be installed in the 188…