Business & GA

URET: In Operation

One of the core capabilities for Free Flight phase one is operational. In early December 2001, the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA’s) user request evaluation tool (URET) core capability limited deployment (CCLD) was…

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WAAS: Back in Step

After two years of relative obscurity and delay, the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA’s) Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) program is gaining renewed prominence, as it approaches for a major milestone. The agency…

Business & GA

Avionics System Design: Designing for Space

The most difficult avionics design task is making equipment for operation in outer space. The equipment must provide 100 percent reliability under harsh environmental conditions and where repair usually is impossible. While…

Business & GA

Making Flying EASy

Dassault Aviation’s "EASy cockpit," destined for the redesigned Falcon 900EX, the Falcon 2000EX and the Falcon 7X, embodies fundamental changes in the avionics interface. The leading concept behind the new flight deck…

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Editor's Note: Words of Faint Optimism

The year 2001 is now behind us and virtually everyone in the civil aviation industry is glad it is. Immediately after Sept. 11, 2001, civil aviation faced its darkest hour. There was…

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Editor's Note: The Truly Electric Aircraft

We enter 2002 with bittersweet feelings. This is the year prior to the 100th anniversary of powered flight and the year after the worst 12 months in commercial aviation history. In our…

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Outlook 2002: Technologies to Watch in 2002

The nightmarish events of Sept. 11 have prompted sweeping changes in aviation security. After much debate, the U.S. Congress in November 2001 passed and the President signed legislation that mandates a new…