ATM ModernizationScan Honeywell Boots APEX Phoenix-based Honeywell Aerospace has announced upgrades to the APEX integrated avionics package planned for the Grob SPn, a light jet for business aviation. Honeywell says the improvements will reduce…
ATM ModernizationSee and Avoid in IMC At A Glance: We discuss several NASA technologies that could help to enable "see and avoid" under IFR conditions: -- Autonomous flight rules; -- Cockpit display of traffic information with conflict…
ATM ModernizationUAVs in Europe: When Will They File and Fly? At A Glance: Europe, in collaboration with the U.S., is forging a path toward integration of UAVs into civil airspace. We discuss: -- Sense-and-avoid issues, -- Regulatory challenges, and -- UK developments.…
ATM ModernizationSafety: Where’s Redundancy? Together with recent reports of screens going blank in the cockpit, this story does not inspire lasting or fervent confidence in automation. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) headlines its recent report…
Business & GAProduct Focus: Switch Evolution: Impact of Computers The role of switches is changing in the era of glass cockpits. Today's military and commercial flight decks feature fewer hard-wired, single-function switches and more "soft" switching via pull-down menus and "point-and-click"…
ATM ModernizationCalendar June 22-23 RNAV and Beyond, a course sponsored by Helios Information Services at Flemings Mayfair Hotel, London, UK. Contact Helios, phone +44 207 340 1610, fax +44 207 828 6439, e-mail [email protected]…
Business & GAEditor’s Note: Hold the Cell Phones? The prospect of in-flight cell phone communications seems to be growing more likely. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) set the wheels in motion in 2004 by proposing to withdraw its ban…
ATM ModernizationEurope's Vision of Future Avionics At A Glance: As part of a wider issue focusing on the future Overall ATM/communications, navigation and surveillance (CNS) Target Architecture (OATA), Eurocontrol has released an avionics study targeting three time frames:…