ATM ModernizationScan ADS-B Down Under With a contract issued and the elimination of all en route radar set as a goal, Airservices Australia marches ahead in establishing a nationwide automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) system.…
Business & GAThe Great Spectrum Explosion It’s hard to squeeze a size-12 foot into a size-10 shoe. Yet, the two agencies that manage radio frequency (RF) spectrum in the United States have been ordered to do just that:…
Business & GASystem Design: Fraudulent and Forged Parts When high-profile crimes clamor for our attention on the nightly news, it’s sometimes easy to forget that the electronics world has its own misdeeds, which can have serious implications for the avionics…
Editor's NoteCalendar July 15-16 Asian Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition (ABACE), Hong Kong, People's Republic of China. Contact Kathleen M. Blouin, National Business Aviation Association (NBAA), phone 202-783-9364, e-mail [email protected] or visit www.abace.aero 19-25…
MilitaryNew Missions For The Hawkeye The U.S. Navy wants to expand the role of its Hawkeye aircraft to include coastal area surveillance and theater air and missile defense (TAMD). This is no small order for an airplane…
Business & GAEditor’s Note: ANSPs’ Desire To Cooperate Cooperation is “not a sentiment — it is an economic necessity.” So said Charles Steinmetz, the inventor of alternating current. In that vein members of the Civil Air Navigation Services Organization (CANSO)…
ATM ModernizationLink 2000+: CPDLC System Steams Ahead While the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA’s) controller pilot data link communication (CPDLC) program in Miami cools on the proverbial back burner, Eurocontrol’s CPDLC program steams ahead with Link 2000+. Some 25…
ATM ModernizationNew Products Single-Board Computer General Micro Systems, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., has announced the Spider, which it claims to be the world’s smallest single-board computer (SBC). Measuring 2.8 by 1.9 inches (7.1 by 4.8 cm),…