Business & GAPeople Mortreux, President and CEO The board of directors for CMC Electronics has named Jean-Pierre Mortreux as the company's president and chief executive officer (CEO). He joins CMC after having served as the…
Business & GAPerspectives: Harmonization of Airfield Guides As early as 1953, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) defined the responsibilities of the Aeronautical Information Service (AIS) with respect to aeronautical charts, Aeronautical Information Publications and notices to airmen (NOTAMs).…
ATM ModernizationSafety: Long Glide Down the 'Garden Path' How many pilots would react to a high oil pressure reading by checking for a fuel leak? One would have to be Dick Tracy with a degree in abstract intricacies from Sherlock…
ATM ModernizationScan EVS Developments Once again, the most newsworthy technology at the National Business Aircraft Association (NBAA) show was enhanced vision systems (EVS). It dominated the avionics news at the 2002 and 2003 NBAA…
Editor's NoteScan FAA's AGHME In preparation for the Jan. 20, 2005, deadline for domestic reduced vertical separation minimum (DRVSM), the FAA Tech Center in Atlantic City, N.J., is completing the development of its Aircraft…
ATM ModernizationSingle European Sky A Single European Sky (SES), with greater harmonization of air traffic control (ATC) equipment and procedures, is viewed as the answer to Europe's present fragmented air traffic management (ATM) arrangement. European politicians…
Editor's NoteSystem Design: The Struggle For Sunlight Readability Almost every avionics designer encounters that one moment when a whole project seems destined to fall off the design cliff because of sunlight readability issues. The indicators can't be clearly seen. The…
CommercialBritish Airways Avionics: Making Adjustments British Airways Avionic Engineering (BAAE), in Cardiff, Wales, is located not far from the carrier's major engine maintenance facility, a unit that was sold to outside interests as part of a reorganization…