ATM ModernizationNav Canada Towers–Big and Small Of all the ground facilities in aviation’s total infrastructure, few are more interesting than airport control towers. Whether serving smaller communities or large metroplexes, airport towers provide one of the best close-up…
ATM ModernizationSystem Design: Evaporating Data Recently, we have seen evidence in our shop of a disturbing fault trend that merits wider discussion in the avionics community. My coworkers and I happen to be involved in a great…
Editor's NoteCalendar February 19-20 Asian Airports 2003, Sheraton Towers Hotel, Singapore. Contact the Asia Business Forum, phone +65 6536 8676, fax +65 6536 4356 or visit www.abf-asia.com. 19-21 The Engineer in Transition to Management,…
Business & GAEye on the Cabin Cabin security, thrust into the limelight by the 9/11 terrorist assault, has been quietly pursued for a number of years by a handful of companies that now are poised to capitalize on…
ATM ModernizationCalendar February 3-6 "Satellite-Based Communications, Navigation and Surveillance for Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM)," a short course offered by the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA). Contact UCLA Extension, phone 310-825-3344, fax 310-206-2815 or visit…
ATM ModernizationEditor's Note: Industry, Magazine Transformations In our annual outlook story (page 24), we describe an aviation industry in transition. Air travel is becoming more point-to-point, less hub-and-spoke. A wider range of aircraft types, including ultralight jets and…
ATM ModernizationFeedback Words to Live By I enjoyed your October Avionics System Design column titled "Saving the Pilot: Part I." I manage a small aircraft transportation laboratory, funded by NASA Langley. The Maryland Advanced…
ATM ModernizationOutlook 2003: Perseverance and Change It probably is appropriate that this industry forecast is being written several weeks after Halloween. As we look down the shadowy lane of 2003, a year predicted to be economically flat for…