Business & GA

Corporate Connectivity

After various fits and starts, corporate aviation’s "office in the sky" seems ready to take off. The journey towards the elusive airborne workplace–bringing the same business tools to airborne executive travelers as…

Business & GA

Viewpoint: A U.S. Embarrassment?

If a somewhat bizarre chain of events unfolds, as it is expected to do, both the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and U.S. Department of State could find themselves in the embarrassing position…

ATM Modernization

ATC Simulation: USAF Takes a Giant Step

The Training Systems Product Group at the Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, in early April awarded an about $72-million order for approximately 94 control tower simulators. The contract for the Tower…

Business & GA

Avionics System: Galileo: Commercializing Satnav

Politics represents a powerful force in the design world. It manifests itself in everything from emergency locator transmitters (ELTs) to water purity standards to satellite navigation. A vivid example is Europe’s Galileo…

Military

Building Blocks to Upgrade to B-1B

After the collapse of the Soviet Union during the dawn of the1990s, the U.S. Air Force decided to convert its B-1B nuclear bombers to a conventional warfare role. The planes were developed…

Military

U.S. Military's Uneven COTS Policy

Talk of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) acquisition on a program level, and U.S. military officials often will gladly provide all the details you want. However, talk of COTS on a policy level, and…

Business & GA

Editor's Note: Unremitting UWB Issue

Once again the issue of ultra wideband (UWB) interference to avionics and other safety-of-life systems rears its controversial head. For more than a year, we’ve covered the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s) ruling…

ATM Modernization

New Products

ELT Techtest Ltd., Herefordshire, UK, offers a new automatic deployable, emergency locator transmitter (ELT) beacon, designated the 503 series of Crash Position Indicators (CPIs). It includes Cospas/Sarsat (satellite tracking) coverage and transmits…