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…

Business & GA

Paving the Way for Airborne Broadband

Broadband–true broadband, prefixing bits per second with "mega" rather than "kilo"–is high on the wish list of people wanting to stay connected while on the move. Corporate executives and government officials, used…

Editor's Note

Calendar

February 10-12 ATC Maastricht 2004 MECC Convention Center, Maastricht, the Netherlands. For more information, contact CMP Information Ltd., phone +44 208 987 7893, fax +44 208 995 2788 or visit www.atcmaastricht.com. 11-12…

Military

Editor's Note: No Overnight Missile Defense

The push to equip commercial aircraft with missile defense systems took a significant step forward in early January when the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) selected three contractors out of 24…

ATM Modernization

Feedback

Better Design, Not More Detection I enjoyed reading David Evans' Safety column, "Cruising with Smoke," in the December issue . He is right on many issues. However, I have a different understanding…

Military

GATM-izing Galaxy: New C-5 Avionics

The U.S. Air Force plans to gut most of the analog electronics in its giant, 30-year-old C-5 Galaxy transports and install highly integrated, digital avionics. After that, there is a plan, still…

ATM Modernization

New Products

Thermal Analysis Software Dynamic Soft Analysis Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa., now offers BETAsoft, designed to be much faster than other thermal analysis software, which can require 20 to 30 minutes to analyze a…