ATM Modernization

Industry Scan

Chew: ATO Hitting Targets Russell G. Chew came to FAA in 2003 to head the agency’s first "performance-based" Air Traffic Organization (ATO). His recent departure came in the midst of the critical…

ATM Modernization

People

Bosemer, McAuliff, Greer Landmark Aviation, Tempe, Ariz., named Gary Bosemer director of avionics marketing. Bosemer, formerly Landmark Aviation’s Avionics & Airframe sales manager, will be responsible for program and product development and…

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Calendar

April 2-5 Avionics Maintenance Conference 2007 Annual Meeting, Hyatt Regency, Phoenix. Visit www.arinc.com/amc. 23-26 Communication, Navigation, Surveillance/Air Traffic Management Conference, sponsored by Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA) and Electronic Systems…

Business & GA

Multilateration: Radar’s Replacement?

Multilateration sounds like something you did in high school math, but have long since forgotten. But no, you didn’t, and no, you haven’t. Multilateration, or MLat, is the latest thing coming down…

Business & GA

ADS-B in the Gulf

While not renowned for its speed in implementing programs, FAA is working quickly to replace the nation’s aging, radar-based air traffic control system with one based on Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B). Helicopter…

Business & GA

Wide Bodies, Big Screens

The new generation of widebody, long-range aircraft, including the Boeing 777 and the superjumbo Airbus A380, is spurring a new generation of in-flight entertainment (IFE) systems designed to offer more options for…

Commercial

eX2 Flies Aboard A380

Panasonic Avionics Corp., Lake Forest, Calif., said it finished a successful week of in-flight operability testing for its eX2 in-flight entertainment (IFE) system aboard the Airbus A380 aircraft. In a series of…

Military

CMC to Equip EFB on Austrian’s C-130s

CMC Electronics has been selected by the Austrian Air Force to equip the flight decks of three C-130 aircraft with its PilotView Electronic Flight Bag (EFB). Financial terms of the deal were…