Business & GAHorizon's Push for RNP Horizon Air, a regional carrier in the northwestern United States, flies in a challenging environment and, therefore, has special needs. It flies into airports in mountainous terrain, and it seeks lower approach…
ATM ModernizationSafety in Avionics: A Fundamental Design Weakness Get it down. Get it down. Come on, you’re starting your flare," the captain of the Qantas B747-400 directed the first officer, who was flying the airplane for its landing at Bangkok…
ATM ModernizationIndustry Scan Challenger’s Continuum Rockwell Collins recently had its Pro Line 21 Continuum avionics suite approved on the Bombardier Challenger 601. The suite features four 10-by-8-inch portrait-format, color displays, a fully integrated flight control…
MilitaryBreakthroughs in Military Science Sensor research and development is assuming a high profile today. Research in materials, structures, chips, modules and subsystems is leading the way to radars that perform electronic warfare (EW) functions; communications systems…
Business & GAProduct Focus: TCAS Obviously encouraged by the fact that no midair accidents involving commercial aircraft have taken place since traffic alert and collision avoidance systems (TCAS) came into widespread use, regulatory agencies are expanding the…
ATM ModernizationNew Products RVR Sensor Vaisala has introduced a new sensor for runway visual range (RVR) applications, the FS11. It uses forward scatter technology, which measures the attenuation of light in the atmosphere by transmitting…
CommercialSafety in Avionics: Flying in the Face of a 'Sensible Risk' It is significant when pilots express their lack of confidence in the safety of an airplane. Yet some pilots have done so. In the wake of the fatal Nov. 12, 2001, crash…
ATM ModernizationIndustry Scan GPS: Vulnerability Update Last September the U.S. Transportation Department (DoT) released a study on the vulnerabilities of GPS and of the transportation system dependent upon it. Because the report was issued the…
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