MilitaryAirliner Missile Defense: At What Cost? The November 2002 attack on an Israeli airliner, though unsuccessful, brought home to the U.S. Congress the possibility of a grave new threat to commercial aviation: shoulder-fired ground-to-air missiles. About three-quarters of…
ATM ModernizationAllowing CPDLS to Blossom You can't keep a good man down, the saying goes—and the same appears to be true with a good technology. Hit with budget constraints, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has had to…
Editor's NoteCalendar May 10-13 Smart Sensor Systems 2004, a course taught in English at Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands. Contact the Sensors Web Portal, phone, in North America, 416-233-4546 or in Europe,…
ATM ModernizationFeedback Maintenance and Missile Defense I enjoyed reading your Editor’s Note in the February 2004 issue titled “No Overnight Missile Defense.” And I understand the issues involved in protecting civilian airliners. A point…
Editor's NoteSystem Design: Frugal Testing For Interference RECENTLY, SOME FRIENDS SENT ME AN SOS e-mail about interference that was being detected from a little automotive microprocessor device they had been shipping for years with no problems. They couldn’t detect…
ATM ModernizationPerspectives: Global Quest For Safer Ground Ops THE PROBLEM OF RUNWAY INCURSIONS continues to pose a challenge to the safety of airport operations. More than 3,500 replies from pilots and air traffic controllers to a questionnaire issued by Eurocontrol…
MilitaryProduct Focus: Headsets and Unwanted Noise Comfort, affordability and quality are what matters in a headset, pilots say. Lightness is key, says a major reseller. But pilots"cry bloody murder if it costs more than $200." Pilots wear the…
CommercialLufthansa Technik’s NICE Cabin "Have a nice flight" could take on a whole new meaning when addressed to users of VIP and corporate aircraft. From now on, aircraft support specialist Lufthansa Technik (LHT) would like 'nice'…