Business & GA

Scan

RVSM Heats Up Honeywell and West Star Aviation have received Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification of a system enabling Learjet 35/36 series aircraft to meet the fast-approaching deadline for reduced vertical separation…

Business & GA

System Design: How to Keep the Cockpit Cool

Few working environments impose as many irritating problems as the aircraft cockpit. It is physically cramped but visually open, with as much window space as possible, since the point of being airborne…

Business & GA

Oz: A Revolution in Cockpit Display

Two Florida scientists have developed a unique approach to solving the problem of flight deck information overload, sometimes called "the tyranny of numbers." Their solution is a pilot display concept called OZ.…

Business & GA

UAVs That Swarm

If the command and control (C2) of today’s mammoth unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) seems like a tough problem, consider futuristic, bio-inspired concepts for autonomous UAV systems. Encouraged by studies of insect colony…

Editor's Note

Calendar

October 7-9 56th Annual NBAA, Orlando/Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Fla. Contact the National Business Aviation Association, phone 202-737-4484, fax 202-478-6885 or e-mail dhanson@nbaa.org. 12-16 NASA Digital Avionics Systems Conference, The Crowne…

Business & GA

Editor’s Note: When Aircraft Take Over

Honeywell caused a stir recently when it announced its development of a system that would automatically take control of an aircraft if the pilots fail, or refuse, to prevent a crash. Called…

ATM Modernization

Feedback

Remember Cat III GPS? Referring to your story in the April issue (page 39), it’s nice to hear that MLS (microwave landing system) is taking off. I always knew it would. I…

ATM Modernization

The Issues Orbiting Galileo

Years after it was first proposed, Europe’s Galileo satellite navigation system finally is moving toward launch. The European Union (EU) and the European Space Agency (ESA) this year jointly funded Galileo’s development…