ATM Modernization

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Korry Electronics Co.: Houston, President Frank Houston has been named president of Seattle-based Korry Electronics, succeeding Alan Cornell, who is now head of European operations for Korry’s parent company, Esterline Technologies. Houston…

ATM Modernization

Perspectives: Accelerating Free Flight

Imagine never again experiencing a flight delay. Imagine flying from point A to point B via the most direct route possible. Impossible? Not really. We all know that the technology to enable…

Business & GA

Product Focus: Inmarsat Swift64 Expands

Inmarsat’s 11-month-old Swift64 high-speed data service, based on the Inmarsat-3 constellation, has carved out a niche in government and corporate aviation. As of December, more than 100 terminals apparently had been sold,…

Business & GA

Chips That Think: RF Design

In the 1980s radio frequency (RF) engineers developed microwave and millimeter-wave integrated circuits that revolutionized the reliability and controllability of RF systems, while significantly reducing their size and cost. But now a…

Business & GA

Product Focus: Cockpit Displays: LCDs vs. CRTs

The aviation industry is moving from bulky, power-hungry cathode ray tubes (CRTs) to lighter, more reliable liquid crystal displays (LCDs). New aircraft types and versions have adopted LCDs. But a huge pool…

ATM Modernization

Safety: Tracking System Glitches

The use of a procedure in aviation similar to "Ctrl-Alt-Delete" as a last-ditch stratagem to resuscitate a dead personal computer has one big difference: one’s personal computer does not have to reboot…

ATM Modernization

Scan

Targeting/Nav Pods Northrop Grumman has announced the integration of its LITENING Extended Range (ER) precision targeting system onto U.S. Air Force F-15E fighter aircraft. The LITENING ER system is a self-contained, multisensor…

Business & GA

FAA’s STARS: Ready to Shine Bright?

Exactly on time, and in a low key, anticlimactic launch, the Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System (STARS) made its initial operating capability (IOC) debut into the National Airspace System (NAS) early in…