Business & GA

Safety: From Typo to Tailstrike

Incorrect weight and speed data can be potentially deadly, especially when the airplane's computer accepts erroneous information without an error check–rather like a word processor without a spell checker. What a difference…

ATM Modernization

Scan

Rebuilding Iraqi ATC A team of Raytheon ATM officials traveled to Iraq in late January, responding to an initial $10.5-million contract the company won to rebuild the air traffic control (ATC) facilities…

Military

Keeping Secrets in Integrated Avionics

In the not-too-distant future, military aircraft may receive and exchange classified data with a variety of systems, as nodes in a global network. At the same time, military aircraft are equipping with…

Business & GA

System Design: What to Listen for in Digital Audio

We live in an analog universe, where every sound and color has infinite complexity, depth and resolution� Every sense–hearing, taste, smell, etc.–is analog in nature. As humans, we don't have the ability…

Business & GA

UAVs: Out of Uniform

When Greg Holland began working on commercial applications for unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) in 1993, "there was absolutely no one–and now there is quite a growing field of people with various systems,…

ATM Modernization

Longer Legs for VHF

A drawback to standard VHF radio communication is that it is limited in range to little more than line of sight. Unlike HF and lower frequencies, VHF's transmitted waves propagate minimally around…

Editor's Note

Calendar

March   15-17 Heli-Expo 2004, Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nev. Contact the Helicopter Association International, phone 703-683-4646, fax 703-683-4745, e-mail heliexpo@rotor.com or visit www.heliexpo.com. 25-26 FAA Aviation Forecast Conference, "Into…

Editor's Note

Editor's Note: FAA and New Funding Realities

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is facing a situation to which it is not accustomed. President George W. Bush submitted on Feb. 2 a $2.39-trillion budget for FY2005. But despite its gargantuan…