Business & GAAvionics System Design: Living with Connectors Connector choices and tooling have a rather extraordinary impact on system reliability, because all connections to and from your unit have to travel through them. As a result, designers must stay focused…
MilitaryC-5 Modernization, Step-by-Step The U.S. Air Force’s C-5 aviation modernization program (AMP) is a long-term project just getting underway, with fleet-wide installation of an advanced traffic alert and collision avoidance system (TCAS). But TCAS is…
CommercialEditor's Note: The Persistent PED Problem By now, I believe we have heard enough about the threat of personal electronic devices (PEDs) in commercial aircraft to know that we have a potential safety problem needing urgent attention. Our…
ATM ModernizationFeedback Hitting the Nail on the Head David Evans hits the nail right on the head with his discussion of on-board fires in the June 2000 issue (page 56). I thought my recent…
Business & GAFocus on Archictecture In 1998, nine companies created the Interchangeable Virtual Instruments (IVI) Foundation. The foundation’s goal, simply put, is to enable end-users to switch from one brand of test instrument within an instrument class…
ATM ModernizationPutting Stars to Use U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) air traffic controllers at the Syracuse, N.Y., Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) facility, along with their counterparts at the El Paso, Texas, TRACON, are now at the…
ATM ModernizationHas Europe Finally Subdued Its Summer Congestion Problem? Right now, Europe is in that dreaded season–the holiday season, when air traffic is at its worst and delays in arrival and departure mount up. But this year, European air traffic management…
ATM ModernizationPeople FlightSafety Boeing: Williams, Regional Sales Mgr. FlightSafety Boeing Training International LLC has appointed Martin Williams as regional sales manager for the Europe/Africa/Middle East region. He is responsible for flight training sales activities.…