Editor's Note

Editor's Note: Predicting the Recovery

It is not a scientific study. Still the survey that Helios Technology conducted at the previous two Maastricht air traffic control (ATC) shows in the Netherlands is interesting, if only to gauge…

ATM Modernization

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Some Tanker Background In reference to your "Smart Tanker" story (January 2003, page 18), I was hired in 1986 by McDonnell Douglas to promote new tanker avionics systems, among other things. The…

Business & GA

How Fractional Ownership Impacts Avionics Support

Time was when a clear distinction existed between air transport and corporate aircraft operations. The airliners were (and still are) the workhorses that regularly carted passengers and cargo around, while the corporate…

Editor's Note

MLS: Back to the Future?

To many experts in the United States, the microwave landing system (MLS) is past history–one of the many highly touted solutions to pressing aviation problems that, despite their promise, never reached operational…

ATM Modernization

Capstone: Heating Up in Alaska

With a new avionics package approved, an IFR infrastructure being established and a study indicating it delivers safety benefits, the Capstone program in Alaska appears to be on a fast track. Does…

Business & GA

Product Focus: Developments in Data Bus Test

Although the ubiquitous Mil-Std-1553 data bus is fast approaching middle age, data bus test, simulation and monitoring equipment boasts up-to-the-minute packaging and software. The new Airbus 380 avionics backbone is rapidly gathering…

ATM Modernization

Editor's Note: Advances in Satnav

Satellite navigation has made some giant strides in recent months. As we report in our story on the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA’s) Capstone Program (page 17), a wide area augmentation system (WAAS)/GPS…