Business & GAPerspectives: 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 & GARVSM 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 & GASafety: 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…
Business & GAProduct Focus: Satcom Antennas Although Inmarsat is still the No. 1 choice for bizjet satellite communications, the cost of these advanced antennas and electronics systems is high, and the installation is complex. So customers who don't…
ATM ModernizationScan New Take on TV The in-flight entertainment (IFE) manufacturer, Flight Display Systems (FDS), has set out to bring airborne television to the business aviation masses, including to aircraft that lack the large…
ATM ModernizationPeople New Officers BAE Systems has named Aaron Penkacik as the chief technical officer (CTO) for its Information & Electronics Systems Integration sector. Penkacik remains the CTO of the Information and Electronic Warfare…
Business & GAPerspectives: President’s Spectrum Policy Initiative On June 5, 2003, President Bush issued a memorandum for the heads of executive departments and agencies, establishing the Spectrum Policy Initiative. The initiative created the Spectrum Task Force, an interagency body…
Business & GAThe Race To Allow Airborne Cell Phone Use What do many airline passengers want in a connectivity service? They want to be able to use their notebook computers and personal digital assistants (PDAs) to send and access e-mail and navigate…