ATM Modernization

New Products

Satcom Antenna Tecom Industries Inc., a Smiths Interconnect company in Thousand Oaks, Calif., recently unveiled the latest addition to its line of satcom antennas. The HGA-9000 high-gain, electronically steered antenna accommodates Inmarsat's…

Business & GA

People

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 & GA

Perspectives: 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 Modernization

Safety: 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 Modernization

Scan

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…

Business & GA

Perspectives: Investing In Info Technology

Airlines' investment in information technology (IT) and telecommunications has fallen to an all-time low of 2.1 percent of revenues--down from 2.4 percent in 2003, according to the 2004 Airline IT Trends Survey.…

Business & GA

RVSM Avionics: Down to the Wire

In mid-September, officials from FAA, Nav Canada and Mexico's Direccion General de Aeronautica Civil (DGAC) gathered in Washington, D.C., to sign an agreement that has the three countries concurrently implementing reduced vertical…

Business & GA

Safety: Throttles-Only Aircraft Control

The proverbial pucker factor would have been higher had the pilots of the stricken DHL Airbus 300 been aware of the grim findings of a 1997 NASA technical paper: "Manual throttles-only control…