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.…
Business & GAPerspectives: An Ounce Of Prevention Obsolescence problems continue to increase ownership costs, affecting the avionics systems and the test equipment used by military and civil operators, as well as their suppliers. It was a frequent topic of…
ATM ModernizationProduct Focus: Proposed Recorder Rules: Raising Flags The boxes that hold the data used to decipher aircraft accidents would have to change under newly proposed flight recorder rules. Key elements of the plan issued Feb. 28 include: longer voice…
ATM ModernizationQ&A: Mike Hewitt: Business Jets Flying with FANS On May 24, 2004, the first business jet using future air navigation system (FANS) technology crossed the Atlantic and communicated with air traffic controllers via digital messaging. The aircraft was a Boeing…
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